Destiny

(549 votes)   And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule, or to impose himself in any other way.

Albert Einstein
1879-1955, German-born American Physicist

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(331 votes)   Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

John F. Kennedy
1917-1963, Thirty-fifth President of the USA

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(311 votes)   One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.

French Proverbs
Sayings of French Origin

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(296 votes)   We write our own destiny; we become what we do.

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
Chinese Revolutionary Leader

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(282 votes)   I have a feeling this is destiny. [On the eve of her third marriage]

Christie Brinkley
1954-, American Model, Actress

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(277 votes)   He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned.

French Proverbs
Sayings of French Origin

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(274 votes)   Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist

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(273 votes)   Fate, then, is a name for facts not yet passed under the fire of thought; for causes which are unpenetrated.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist

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(261 votes)   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
1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist

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(259 votes)   A strict belief, fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand there is comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.

Epictetus
50-120, Stoic Philosopher

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(259 votes)   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
1860-1925, American Lawyer, Politician

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(247 votes)   Remember that you are an actor in a drama, of such a part as it may please the master to assign you, for a long time or for a little as he may choose. And if he will you to take the part of a poor man, or a cripple, or a ruler, or a private citizen, then may you act that part with grace! For to act well the part that is allotted to us, that indeed is ours to do, but to choose it is another s.

Epictetus
50-120, Stoic Philosopher

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(247 votes)   We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
1689-1762, British Society Figure, Letter Writer

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(245 votes)   No cause has he to say his doom is harsh, who's made the master of his destiny.

Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
1759-1805, German Dramatist, Poet, Historian

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(241 votes)   If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.

Yiddish Proverbs
Sayings of Yiddish Origin

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