Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Destiny is no 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
It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.
~ Jean Nidetch
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
I've always tried to explain democracy is not perfect. But it gives you a chance to shape your own destiny.
~ Aung San Suu Kyi
Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you're supposed to be.
~ Joel Osteen
Destiny is not designed by mere mortals like us. It is crafted by God.
~ Rodrigo Duterte
God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us.
There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny.
~ Lascelles Abercrombie
Preparing our city to achieve its destiny will require strong leadership.
~ Thomas Menino
The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.
~ Colin Powell
Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.
~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Patriotism is a love of country. If you love your country, you should love your countrymen and women. It doesn't mean you always agree with them or even like them. It is understanding that we have interwoven destiny.
~ Cory Booker
What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
~ Samuel Beckett
Once an object has been incorporated in a picture it accepts a new destiny.
~ Georges Braque
Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.
~ Franz Liszt
I like motivational books, because I like the go-getting American spirit - your destiny is in your own hands, life is what you make it, don't accept your limitations, jump before you're pushed, leap before you look.
~ Louise Mensch
Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.
~ Charles Barkley
Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.
~ W. Somerset Maugham
A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny. It is this factor which makes neo-colonialism such a serious threat to world peace.
~ Kwame Nkrumah
'I Am Number Four' is an action-packed adventure entwined with a romantic story. I play the role of John Smith. John wants to be a normal kid, but he is from a different planet and he has been given this destiny of becoming a warrior.
~ Alex Pettyfer
Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.
~ Marcus Aurelius
There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.
~ Lafcadio Hearn
Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour.
~ Fidel Castro
We are not actually in charge of life, yet behave as if we are the masters of our own destiny. The realization of this fact is quite a hard one. The ridiculousness of our pomposity and presumption can only result in anger or humor.
~ Billy Childish
We share one heart, one home, and one glorious destiny.
~ Donald Trump
Wedding is destiny, and hanging likewise.
~ John Heywood
We believe in freedom, freedom for the people of each country to follow their destiny without external interference.
~ Lal Bahadur Shastri
I went through a brief phase when I thought of other career options: being an air hostess and even a psychologist. But eventually, my destiny led me to acting. Moreover, my dad being an actor, I have grown up in a very filmi environment. I was encouraged to watch films since I was a child.
~ Shraddha Kapoor
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
~ Jean De La Fontaine
Control your own destiny or someone else will.
~ Jack Welch
Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.
~ Bob Marley
Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
~ Henry Miller
Our future is our sense of common destiny.
~ Ahmet Davutoglu
The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
~ Jacques-Yves Cousteau
