--- title: "7 Predetermination Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Predetermination quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Predetermination sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/harriet-beecher-stowe-1149_business_what-poor-mean-trash-this-whole-business_249637.jpg" --- > [“What poor, mean trash this whole business of human virtue is! A mere matter, for the most part, of latitude and longitude,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harriet-beecher-stowe/what-poor-mean-trash-this-whole-business-of-human-virtue-is-a-mere/) [Harriet Beecher Stowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harriet-beecher-stowe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/harriet-beecher-stowe-1149_business_what-poor-mean-trash-this-whole-business_249637.jpg) > [“How could predetermination and free will both exist? “It’s”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-jordan/how-could-predetermination-and-free-will-both-exist-it-s/) [Hillary Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-jordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/hillary-jordan-13367_exist_how-could-predetermination-and-free-will_338332.png) > [“Who else could you have been but exactly who you are? I said. Did you, in the womb, construct yourself? All your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/who-else-could-you-have-been-but-exactly-who-you-are-i-said-did-you/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/230/george-saunders-317_choices_who-else-could-you-have-been-but-exactly_445797.jpg) > [“You believe in Destiny, don't you?" "Yes," said Leah quietly. "Then you have to believe that things happen for a reason, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacquelyn-frank/you-believe-in-destiny-don-t-you-yes-said-leah-quietly-then-you-have/) [Jacquelyn Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacquelyn-frank/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/jacquelyn-frank-7555_believe_you-believe-in-destiny-don-t-you-yes-sai_519637.png) > [“There are many futures, not just one. Life is not like walking down the road and meeting the predetermined events.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akemi-g/there-are-many-futures-not-just-one-life-is-not-like-walking-down-the/) [Akemi G](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akemi-g/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/akemi-g-27883_destiny_there-are-many-futures-not-just-one-life_737066.jpg) > [“In my opinion and to the best of my understanding, free-will and pre-determination are two distinctly different economies that are 'operationally co-existent'".”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/in-my-opinion-and-to-the-best-of-my-understanding-free-will-and-pre/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/r-alan-woods-1455_determination_in-my-opinion-and-to-the-best-of-my-unde_2623201.jpg) > [“Some people were born to the shape they would occupy all their lives. ("Wait")”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conrad-williams/some-people-were-born-to-the-shape-they-would-occupy-all-their-lives/) [Conrad Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conrad-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d6/conrad-williams-54782_destiny_some-people-were-born-to-the-shape-they_2687835.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/predetermination/#itemlist", "name": "Predetermination Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What poor, mean trash this whole business of human virtue is! A mere matter, for the most part, of latitude and longitude, and geographical position, acting with natural temperament. 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