quotations about destiny
Destiny is ... the range of formal or structured human possibility within which human freedom is actual.
DONALD J. KEEFE
Thomism and the Ontological Theology of Paul Tillich
Destiny is the course of events which is followed by those who are content to go with the tide.
ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE
The Book of Destiny
Destiny is nothing but the specific way by which each individual reaches her death.
ALISON K. THOMPSON
Genetic Information
I watched the spinning stars, grateful, sad and proud, as only a man who has outlived his destiny and realizes he might yet forge himself another, can be.
ROGER ZELAZNY
Isle of the Dead
He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned.
FRENCH PROVERB
Stand up, be bold. Take the whole responsibility on your shoulder and know that you are the creator of your destiny. All the strength you want is within yourself. Therefore make your own future.
VIVEKANANDA
attributed, Pocket Book of Quips & Quotes
Born, the Man assumes the name and image of humanity, and becomes in all things like unto other men who dwell upon the earth. Their hard lot becomes his, and his, in turn, becomes the lot of all who shall come after him. Drawn on inexorably by time, it is not given him to see the next rung on which his faltering foot shall fall. Bounded in knowledge, it is not given him to foretell what each succeeding hour, what each succeeding minute, shall have in store for him. In blind nescience, in an agony of foreboding, in a whirl of hopes and fears, he completes the cycle of an iron destiny.
LEONID ANDREYEV
The Life of Man
Many people believe that destiny is a specific outcome or place of achievement when it is very much about your total processing. In other words, destiny is not just about your "get there" but it is also about your "go through".
HOWARD L. BASS
Your Best Is Yet to Come!
Each of us is a citizen of a common planet, bound to a common destiny. So connected are we, that each of us has the power to be the eyes of the world, the voice of the world, the conscience of the world, or the end of the world. And as each one of us chooses, so becomes the world.
DENNIS KUCINICH
speech in U. S. House of Representatives, Mar. 21, 2002
Freedom without destiny is mere contingency, and destiny without freedom is mere necessity.
PAUL TILLICH
Systemic Theology
Destiny is a wonderful little outline on how everything will work out, but free will can rewrite the outline as things come to pass. It's like the highway system, the road is already laid out for you, but there are numerous interchanges, off-ramps, and forks you can take; the road is set, the final destination isn't.
CRIS ALLAN PACE
Destiny's Knights
I take corresponding actions to speak out of my mouth as destiny is being created within me. It starts from within and manifests without.
MARLENE BABB
Declarations and Decrees of a Warrior
Destiny leads the willing, but drags the unwilling.
AMERICAN PROVERB
Destiny is knowing when you are tried by the fire, that you come forth unscathed like the Hebrew boys in the fiery furnace.
KRISTI LUV WILSON
Driving Destiny
Destiny is not a strange power which determines what shall happen to me. It is myself as given, formed by nature, history, and myself. My destiny is the basis of my freedom; my freedom participates in shaping my destiny.
PAUL TILLICH
Systemic Theology
Destiny is not preordained. Destiny is ordained totally by you. Every single moment of your NOW existence is the result of your previous thought. The idea that everything is already laid out for you in advance is a hallucination. You can and do manifest your own destiny.
WAYNE W. DYER
Manifest Your Destiny
If you believe that humanity has a higher destiny, if you believe we can evolve, and become better than we are; if you believe we can overcome the scourge of war and someday fulfill the dream of harmony and peace earth, let us begin the conversation today. Let us exchange our ideas.
DENNIS KUCINICH
speech in U. S. House of Representatives, Mar. 21, 2002
There is so much in you, so much more
Than anyone will ever know
A life unblossomed
Frozen, stranded in the snow
IS THIS YOUR DESTINY?
THE NERVE AGENTS
"Unblossomed"