She hates the word destiny. Says, and I quote, “It is a…

“She hates that word. Nice is what you call ice cream, or a paper doily, or fluffy bunny rabbit print pattern.”

— Alex Scarrow

I ask my destiny - what power is this That cruelly drives me onward without rest? My destiny says, "Look round!" I turn back…

— Rabindranath Tagore

“We have a destiny, he says. Together, Saba. We're born to command, not obey.”

— Moira Young

Luck's just another word for destiny... either you make your own or you're screwed.

— John le Carre

“It’s destiny; the stars have aligned perfectly to bring us together as friends. You cannot argue with what’s meant to be, once the stars…

— Deborah Ann

Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical.

— Nicole Kidman

“Failing to meet your true destiny is a tragic act of free will.”

— Anthon St. Maarten

You can't choose what stays and what stays away.

— Florence Welch

“It's morning now, and I miss the soft rasp of her voice already. Ugh. I'm in trouble, aren't I?”

— Pat Shand

There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But a knob…

— Tom Robbins

Man blindly works the will of fate. [Ger., Blindlings that er blos den Willen des Geschickes.]

— Christoph Martin Wieland

“To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions; and not to try to avoid what is your lot.”

— Idries Shah

“You are destiny for greatness. Your future is in the hands of the Lord.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Anatomy is destiny.

— Sigmund Freud

... War on the destiny of man! Doom on the sun! Before death takes you, O take back this.

— Anonymous