Quotes about destiny are statements that reflect beliefs or opinions about the predetermined path or course of events in one's life. These quotes often highlight the idea that one's destiny is already decided or influenced by external forces beyond their control. They often resonate with the notion that individuals are destined to experience certain events or meet certain people, regardless of their own actions or choices.
Destiny is the music of the improbable. Were it otherwise, almost anyone could exist. — Kenneth Patchen
It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny. — Jean Nidetch
Fate is the raw materials of experience. They come uninvited and often unanticipated. Destiny is what a man does with these raw materials. — Howard Thurman
Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before the faithful, blood before the unbeliever. — Muhammad Iqbal
Destiny is the result of all your actions and the impressions that you have taken in. — Jaggi Vasudev
Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is written on the gate of heaven: Nothing in existence is more powerful than destiny. And destiny brought you here, to this page, which is part of your ticket-as all things are-to return to God. — Hafez
It's not arrogance, it's just destiny. — Randy Orton
Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Destiny made a mistake and gave my fate to someone else. — Joe Budden
Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. — Henri Frederic Amiel
I believe destiny and hard work go hand in hand. — Priyanka Chopra
Short Destiny Quotes
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. — William Shakespeare
Destiny may ride with us today, but there is no reason for it to interfere with lunch. — Peter The Great
Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny. — Huey Newton
God can take the good, bad and the bitter and create a masterpiece called your destiny. — Tony Evans
Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. — Bob Marley
Destiny Image Quotes
Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny. — C. S. Lewis
Believe in your dreams. They were given to you for a reason.
No dream became destiny without plans and persistence. — Tim Fargo
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. — Jean De La Fontaine
Your destiny is my destiny. Your happiness is my happiness. — Islom Karimov
What's meant to be will always find its way. Always.
Manifest Destiny Quotes
We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny. — William McKinley
Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny. — Quentin Crisp
What others say and do cannot stop you from fulfilling your destiny. Your destiny was handed down by Almighty God. — Joel Osteen
Why fit in when you we born to stand out?
Manifest destiny was on the march, and it was unfortunate that Mexico stood in the path. — Winston Churchill
As a result of manifest destiny, we gutted our resources. — Jonathan Evison
I'm hungry for purpose. I'm looking for still that reason that I bought a guitar and started a band, to fulfill a purpose, to manifest destiny as to who I am and why I am the way I am, and what I do. I think it's still about the music, the song and the story. — Billy Ray Cyrus
Spiritual destiny is manifested in the lives of those who stand out from the masses and actually do something, who live a creative life for the benefit of others. — Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Providence and Manifest Destiny are synonyms often invoked to support arguments based on wishful thinking. — Frank Herbert
It's my manifest destiny to wear a skirt in all countries. — Eddie Izzard
Other nations have tried to check... the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions. — John Louis O'Sullivan
God Destiny Quotes
Kings don't beg, they decree. They have only one destiny and that's to reign. God has made you king. Reign and rule, refuse to beg! — Chris Oyakhilome
Don't let your history hinder you from your destiny... you are only held back by yourself! You aren't what they say you were, you are who God says you are!! — Paula White
No amount of worrying can change the future. Go easy on yourself, for the outcome of all affairs is determined by God's decree. If something is meant to go elsewhere, it will never come your way, but if it is yours by destiny, from you it cannot flee. — Umar
I believe that the people, instead of pretty lies, should be told the truth, no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do, destiny hasn't been kind to us; but, with the help of God, we will prevail. — Alija Izetbegovic
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
God maintains a delicate balance between keeping his existence sufficiently evident so people will know he's there and yet hiding his presence enough so that people who want to choose to ignore him can do it. This way, their choice of destiny is really free. — J.P. Moreland
True success in this life comes in consecrating our lives—that is, our time and choices—to God’s purposes. In so doing, we permit Him to raise us to our highest destiny. — D. Todd Christofferson
In his heart a man may plan his course but God determines his every step. — Moroccan Proverbs
Abraham did not know where he was going immediately, but he knew where he was going ultimately. He did not know the Whither but he knew the Whom. He believed God, and, being sure of his destiny, he did not worry about his destination. — Vance Havner
Yes, I believe in God, but I don't perform a daily puja. I don't have any gurus. Ek baat hai,destiny, koi cheez hai. — Dhirubhai Ambani
Bad Destiny Quotes
When people walk away from you, let them go. Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you, and it doesn't mean they are bad people. It just means that their part in your story is over. — T. D. Jakes
Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. — Kin Hubbard
He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in the face, unbending both to good and bad; his countenance unconquered. — Boethius
Destiny is a good thing to accept when it's going your way. When it isn't, don't call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck. — Joseph Heller
It may look like the difficulty is going to defeat you. But you need to keep telling yourself, "This sickness can't take my life." "This cancer can't defeat me." "No bad break, no disappointment, no accident can shorten one second of my divine destiny." — Joel Osteen
Leave behind the passive dreaming of a rose-tinted future. The energy of happiness exists in living today with roots sunk firmly in reality's soil. — Daisaku Ikeda
If what matters in a person's existence is to accept the inevitable consciously, to taste the good and bad to the full and to make for oneself a more individual, unaccidental and inward
destiny alongside one's external fate, then my life has been neither empty nor worthless. — Hermann Hesse
Well, at first, I was sure that he would feel the cosmic forces pulling us together. I wanted him so badly, I could feel my heart racing for him with every beat. It was destiny. "He was a magnet and I was steel. — Rainbow Rowell
Here’s the life lesson I’ve learned, Fifi: Some people are born to play the hero, and some are born to play the bad guy. Fighting your destiny only makes life harder than it needs to be. Besides, people remember the villain long after they’ve forgotten the hero. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
The effects of our actions may be postponed but they are never lost. There is an inevitable reward for good deeds and an inescapable punishment for bad. Meditate upon this truth, and seek always to earn good wages from Destiny. — Fu Wu Ming
Your Destiny Quotes
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny. — Aristotle
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit. — Lao Tzu
Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny. — T. D. Jakes
I trust that you will so live today as to realize that you are masters of your own destiny, masters of your fate; if there is anything you want in this world, it is for you to strike out with confidence and faith in self and reach for it. — Marcus Garvey
Dreams are like stars. You may never touch them, but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny. — Liam James
You need to associate with people who inspire you,
people that challenge you to raise higher,
people that make you better.
Don't waste your valuable time with people that are not adding to your growth.
Your destiny is too important. — Joel Osteen
Never arbitrate. Arbitration allows a third party to determine your destiny. It is a resort of the weak. — Attila the Hun
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
By your words, you form your destiny - what you say within yourself determines the end promise of your life! Your future lives in your mouth! — Paula White
Our Destiny Quotes
I found out that the things that hurt us the most can become the fuel and the catalyst that propel us toward our destiny. It will either make you bitter or it will make you better. — T. D. Jakes
Our destiny is not determined by the number of times we stumble but by the number of times we rise up, dust ourselves off, and move forward. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
To step into tomorrow's possibilities you must let go of yesterday's realities. Be careful of your choices between what was, is and will be. It is very hard to fully step into your destiny while you are still holding on to your history. — Christine Caine
Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another. — Thomas Merton
It's not what's happening to you now or what has happened in your past that determines who you become. Rather, it's your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you're going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny. — Tony Robbins
Every thought is a cause & every condition is an effect. Change your thoughts & you change your destiny. — Joseph Murphy
Do not die in the history of your past hurts and past experiences, but live in the now and future of your destiny. — Michelle Obama
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny. — Carl Schurz
You have to accept the fact that some people are never going to be for you. Treat them with respect, but you don’t need their approval to fulfill your destiny. — Joel Osteen
Our moral responsibility is not to stop future, but to shape it...to channel our destiny in humane directions and to ease the trauma of transition. — Alvin Toffler
My Destiny Quotes
My main goal in life is to just be happy. I don't compromise my happiness for anything. If I find what makes me happy I'm going to do that. That's really going with the flow of life. As far as like the mainstream stuff, if my destiny takes me there and I end up going that route, then that's fine. — Jhene Aiko
As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I had to fight hard for everything. I wanted to get out. I want to take my destiny into my own hands and escape the vicious cycle of retaliatory violence. This struggle has shaped who I am to this day. — Paul Kagame
My heart is the throne of the Beloved, the Beloved the heart's destiny: Whoever breaks another's heart will find no homecoming in this world or any other. — Yunus Emre
You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. — Steve Jobs
Give me, mother, luck at my birth, then throw me if you will on the rubbish heap. — Bulgarian Proverbs
Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are. — Princess Diana
Nothing happens by chance, my friend... No such thing as luck. — Richard Bach
Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for. — Lawrence Block
I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them. — Princess Diana
Life And Destiny Quotes
Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny. — Mahatma Gandhi
Being human means throwing your whole life on the scales of destiny when need be, all the while rejoicing in every sunny day and every beautiful cloud. — Rosa Luxemburg
Be inspired with the belief that life is a great and noble calling; not a mean and groveling thing that we are to shuffle through as we can, but an elevated and lofty destiny. — William E. Gladstone
I need you to rescue me from my destiny, I'm tryna live right and give you whatevers left of me. — Drake
The greatest discovery in life is to discover that our essential nature does not share the limits nor the destiny of the body and mind. — Rupert Spira
It doesn't matter who you are, or where you come from, or how much money you've got in your pocket. You have your own destiny and your own life ahead of you. — Lady Gaga
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. — Max Ehrmann
When it comes to life, we spin our own yarn, and where we end up is really, in fact, where we always intended to be. — Julia Glass
There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic portents; distinct from the ordinary lights which guide our course and mark our seasons, yet true to their own laws, potent in their own influences. — Bill Vaughan
Enlightenment, or true happiness, is not a transcendental state. It is a condition of broad wisdom, boundless energy, and good fortune wherein we each shape our own destiny, find fulfillment in daily activities, and come to understand our ultimate purpose in life. — Josei Toda
Future Destiny Quotes
The brain is the organ of destiny. It holds within its humming mechanism secrets that will determine the future of the human race. — Wilder Penfield
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. — Tony Robbins
To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your destiny. — Alan Cohen
Live the present intensely and fully, do not let the past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive. Each person forges his or her own destiny. — Carlos Slim
The future destiny of the child is always the work of the mother. — Napoleon Bonaparte
We are the arbiters of our own future. — Rand Fishkin
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. — Steve Jobs
Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language. — Gaston Bachelard
Love Destiny Quotes
Vegetarian food leaves a deep impression on our nature. If the whole world adopts vegetarianism, it can change the destiny of humankind. — Albert Einstein
No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. — Francois Mauriac
The eternal destiny of human beings will be measured by how much or how little solidarity we have displayed with the hungry, the thirsty, the naked, and the oppressed. In the end we will be judged in terms of love. — Leonardo Boff
Free spirited free riders they're on their way but don't know where they're going. — Warren Miller
Fate,Time,Occasion,Chance, and Change? To these All things are subject but eternal love. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
You don't find love, it finds you. It's got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what's written in the stars. — Anais Nin
Fate And Destiny Quotes
Through readiness and discipline, we are the masters of our fate. — Bill Paxton
On a windswept hill by a billowing sea, my destiny sits and waits for me. — Robert Breault
Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is an odd synchronicity in the way parallel lives veer to touch one another, change direction, and then come close again and again until they connect and hold for whatever it was that fate intended to happen. — Ann Rule
There's much to be said for challenging fate instead of ducking behind it. — Diana Trilling
If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow. — William Mcfee
There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny. — Friedrich Schiller
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act. — Buddha
Love the people with whom fate brings you together — Marcus Aurelius
Character Is Destiny Quotes
The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny. — James Allen
Your personal core values define who you are, and a company's core values ultimately define the company's character and brand. For individuals, character is destiny. For organizations, culture is destiny. — Tony Hsieh
Our character ... is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be. — George Santayana
Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow. — David Seabury
Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny. — Frederick Douglass
If you have character, endeavor, personality, courage and the capacity for concentrated labor, you will do what is your destiny – and, perhaps, even do it well. — Ariel Durant
You are a person of destiny. You are not here by accident. There is no obstacle too big, no dream you can't accomplish. — Joel Osteen
I believe in destiny. I believe destiny opens doors for you, but it's up to you to walk through them. — Zac Efron
I think that you have to believe in your destiny; that you will succeed, you will meet a lot of rejection and it is not always a straight path, there will be detours - so enjoy the view. — Michael York
I believe in my mask-- The man I made up is me I believe in my dance-- And my destiny — Sam Shepard
A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance. — Benjamin Disraeli
We have always believed that our people can stand on no higher ground than the school ground, or can enter any more hopeful room than the classroom. We blend time and faith and knowledge in our schools - not only to create educated citizens, but also to shape the destiny of this great Republic. — Lyndon B. Johnson
People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception. — James A. Baldwin
I believe in destiny...what's going to be is going to be. If I'm going to win, I'm going to win...I don't give a damn what the other guy shoots. I'm going to win if it's my turn. — Sam Snead
The destiny of the world is determined less by the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves and believes in. — Harold Clarke Goddard
Do you believe in destiny? That even the powers of time can be altered for a single purpose? That the luckiest man who walks on this earth is the one who finds… true love? — Bram Stoker
Divine Destiny Quotes
You have absolute control over just one thing, your thoughts. This divine gift is the sole means by which you may control your destiny. If you fail to control your mind, you will control nothing else. — Napoleon Hill
Unbeliever is he who follows predestination even if he be Muslim, Faithful is he, if he himself is the Divine Destiny. — Muhammad Iqbal
When You Hold Onto Your History, You Do It At The Expense Of Your Destiny. — T. D. Jakes
Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Centre, a speaking voice, to which we may continuously return. Eternity is at our hearts, pressing upon our time-torn lives, warming us with intimations of an astounding destiny, calling us home unto itself. — Thomas Raymond Kelly
The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is a divine meaning of the world, of man, of human persons, of you and me. — Martin Buber
It is your birthright to discover your sacred contract. It will guide you to find your divine destiny. — Caroline Myss
The ultimate defining fact for all of us is that we are children of Heavenly Parents, born on this earth for a purpose, and born with a divine destiny. — Dallin H. Oaks
Man's ultimate destiny is to become one with the Divine Power which governs and sustains the creation and its creatures. — Alfred Armand Montapert
When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward, I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine. — Robert Louis Stevenson
We are beloved spirit sons and daughters of heavenly parents, with a divine nature and destiny. Our Savior, Jesus Christ, loved us enough to give His life for us. His Atonement provides the way for us to progress on the path to our heavenly home, through sacred priesthood ordinances and covenants. — Carole M. Stephens
A woman is free if she lives by her own standards and creates her own destiny, if she prizes her individuality and puts no boundaries on her hopes for tomorrow. — Mary Mcleod Bethune
Revolution is an inalienable right of mankind. Freedom is an imperishable birth right of all. Labor is the real sustainer of society, the sovereignty of the ultimate destiny of the workers. — Bhagat Singh
Mind is the creator of everything. You should therefore guide it to create only good. If you cling to a certain thought with dynamic will power, it finally assumes a tangible outward form. When you are able to employ your will always for constructive purposes, you become the controller of your destiny. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Under a socialist system every nation will be the supreme arbiter of its own destinies, national and international; will be forced into no alliance against its will, but will have its independence guaranteed and its freedom respected by the enlightened self-interest of the socialist democracy of the world. — James Connolly
Anyone can achieve their fullest potential, who we are might be predetermined, but the path we follow is always of our own choosing. We should never allow our fears or the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny. Your destiny can't be changed but, it can be challenged. Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one. — Martin Heidegger
Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits for they become your character. And watch your character for it becomes your destiny. What we think, we become. My father always said that... and I think I am fine. — Margaret Thatcher
Dehumanization, although a concrete historical fact, is not a given destiny but the result of an unjust order that engenders violence in the oppressors, which in turn dehumanizes the oppressed — Paulo Freire
In Conclusion
Some quotes about destiny suggest that one's fate is already written, emphasizing the idea that there is a greater plan or purpose for each person's life. These quotes often convey a sense of acceptance and surrender to the unfolding of events, as individuals come to terms with the notion that their destiny is out of their hands. They can inspire individuals to have faith in the journey they are on and trust that their destiny will lead them to where they are meant to be.
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