Quotes about Destiny

Be inspired by the wisdom in our collection of quotes about destiny. Our destiny - do we determine it or is it pre-determined - let these words of wisdom help you answer that question.

We determine our destiny by the actions we take today. Catherine Pulsifer

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. William Jennings Bryan

Take control of your own destiny. Wanda Hope Carter

I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. Albert Schweitzer

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny. Harry S Truman

It's in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. Wisdom of Anthony Robbins

Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap a character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny. Charles Reade

Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny. David McKay

Control your own destiny or someone else will. Jack Welch

Don't forget your history nor your destiny. Bob Marley

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. Bob Marley

We write our own destiny . . . we become what we do. Chiang Kai-shek

"It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." Wisdom of Sir Winston Churchill

Fate and self-help share equally in shaping our destiny. Proverb

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams. Les Brown

Your destiny is not for someone else to manage – it is your destiny. Byron Pulsifer, The Hard Part Of Balance

They were seeking out the treasure of their destiny, without actually wanting to live out their destiny. Paulo Coelho

It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny. Michellee Jean Nidetch

People who never dream, or never set goals, let life go by day by day letting others determine their destiny. Catherine Pulsifer, What We Believe

There is a destiny that makes us brothers: None goes his way alone: All that we send into the lives of others Comes back into our own. Edwin Markham

I need not wait for I have the power to choose my own destiny. Og Mandino

If you don't take charge of shaping your own destiny, others will apply their agenda to you. Eric Allenbaugh

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Watch your thoughts; they become your words. Watch your words; they become your actions. Watch your actions; they become your habits. Watch your habits; they become your character. Watch your character for it will become your destiny. Frank Outlaw

The efforts which we make to escape from our destiny only serve to lead us into it. Wisdom from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today. Friedrich Nietzsche

Some people are not aware it's their choice to create their own destiny while others set personal goals and take responsibility for the direction of their lives. Catherine Pulsifer, Your Destiny

There are moments when a man's imagination so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny. Edith Wharton

Change your meanings you alter your destiny. Life does not give us what we want. Life gives us whatever we expect. Harald Anderson

I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving and then you do it. Leo F. Buscaglia

No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance. Henry Miller

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently. Agnes DeMille

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny. Albert Ellis

The reason man may become the master of his own destiny is because he has the power to influence his own subconscious mind. Wisdom of Napoleon Hill

All of us need a bit of hardship, struggle, learning to overcome obstacles, understanding perseverance, and developing an attitude that speaks loudly about accepting responsibility for one’s own destiny. Byron Pulsifer, Flying With Struggle

Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire. Orison Sweet Marden

Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the ocean desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny. Carl Schurz

Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny. Tyron Edwards

Each one of us is responsible for our own control, our own destiny. Byron Pulsifer, All Freedom Has Costs

Ask not what tomorrow may bring, but count as blessing every day that fate allows you. Horace

Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes. Goethe

We do not become masters of our own destiny in a day, nor do we develop the kind of outlook where we can turn negatives into positives, or disappointments into valuable lessons of life, or change adversity into opportunities. Catherine Pulsifer, The Little Steps

Make your life a mission-not an intermission. Arnold H. Glasgow

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. James Allen

A person must stand very tall to see their own fate. Danish Proverb

You can decide to change your values, or you can decide to change your destiny, or you can decide to set a new sail, or to keep your own ship sea worthy. Byron Pulsifer, What Is Your Destiny

If you choose to believe these types of comments, you are engaging in what is often called a self-fulfilling prophecy, or, in other words, you start to believe what others say about you. If you do adopt as real or true what others have said about you, this means you have given control of your life, your destiny, to the opinions, thoughts and failings of others. Catherine Pulsifer, No More Self Doubt

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny. Wisdom from Albert Camus

Wisdoms of Wisdom about Destiny

The Essence Of Destiny
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by
the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Discovery of challenge, the joy of growth.
Mark Twain