--- title: "27 Shape Lives Quotes by 24 authors" description: "Browse 27 Shape Lives quotes by 24 authors. Discover the best Shape Lives sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/anonymous-1_destiny_there-is-no-such-thing-as-destiny-we-our_1263313.jpg" --- > [There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-is-no-such-thing-as-destiny-we-ourselves-shape-our-lives/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/anonymous-1_destiny_there-is-no-such-thing-as-destiny-we-our_1263313.jpg) > [“it’s the littlest decisions that shape our lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darren-hardy/it-s-the-littlest-decisions-that-shape-our-lives/) [Darren Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darren-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/darren-hardy-1748_decision-making_it-s-the-littlest-decisions-that-shape-o_1211767.jpg) > [A single event can shape our lives or change the course of history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/a-single-event-can-shape-our-lives-or-change-the-course-of-history/) [Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/deepak-chopra-63_courses_a-single-event-can-shape-our-lives-or-ch_915209.jpg) > [Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/faith-is-not-a-thing-which-one-loses-we-merely-cease-to-shape-our/) [Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b21/georges-bernanos-7838_cease_faith-is-not-a-thing-which-one-loses-we_733001.jpg) > [Purpose is the quality we choose to shape our lives around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-leider/purpose-is-the-quality-we-choose-to-shape-our-lives-around/) [Richard Leider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-leider/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/richard-leider-46188_life_purpose-is-the-quality-we-choose-to-shap_1600935.jpg) > [“circumstances determine our lives, but we shape our lives by what we make of our circumstances.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-john-wheeler-bennet/circumstances-determine-our-lives-but-we-shape-our-lives-by-what-we/) [Sir John Wheeler-Bennet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-john-wheeler-bennet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/sir-john-wheeler-bennet-278543_circumstances_circumstances-determine-our-lives-but-we_358119.jpg) > [“Our most basic images of God will shape our lives, willy-nilly, including how we think about the larger environment in which we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-e-fretheim/our-most-basic-images-of-god-will-shape-our-lives-willy-nilly/) [Terence E. Fretheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-e-fretheim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/terence-e-fretheim-34120_cosmology_our-most-basic-images-of-god-will-shape_3126914.jpg) > [From where we stand to where we walk, we are the ones who make the decisions in our life that could shape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/from-where-we-stand-to-where-we-walk-we-are-the-ones-who-make-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ff/anonymous-1_choice_from-where-we-stand-to-where-we-walk-we_2861885.jpg) > [“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/inglath-cooper/in-the-long-run-we-shape-our-lives-and-we-shape-ourselves-the-process/) [Inglath Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/inglath-cooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/inglath-cooper-15905_life_in-the-long-run-we-shape-our-lives-and-w_442206.jpg) > [“if parents and teachers show the required dedication to shape the lives of the young, India would get a new life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-p-j-abdul-kalam-3/if-parents-and-teachers-show-the-required-dedication-to-shape-the/) [A P J Abdul Kalam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-p-j-abdul-kalam-3/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/a-p-j-abdul-kalam-3-36546_life_if-parents-and-teachers-show-the-require_307586.jpg) > [Give people the power to shape their lives to their liking, and their souls will take care of themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-willis/give-people-the-power-to-shape-their-lives-to-their-liking-and-their/) [Ellen Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-willis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b6/ellen-willis-14968_care_give-people-the-power-to-shape-their-liv_1575380.png) > [What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamora-pierce/what-people-tell-me-they-take-away-from-my-books-is-that-they-can/) [Tamora Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamora-pierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/tamora-pierce-935_achieve_what-people-tell-me-they-take-away-from_3207739.jpg) > [“We are handed the balance of our blood and the shape of our lives and told to do something with them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/we-are-handed-the-balance-of-our-blood-and-the-shape-of-our-lives-and/) [Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/372/seanan-mcguire-972_quote_we-are-handed-the-balance-of-our-blood-a_1747000.jpg) > [The people who shape our lives and our cultures have the ability to communicate a vision or a quest or a joy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robbins/the-people-who-shape-our-lives-and-our-cultures-have-the-ability-to/) [Tony Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robbins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/tony-robbins-232_ability_the-people-who-shape-our-lives-and-our-c_2180403.jpg) > [Because the question for me was always whether that shape we see in our lives was there from the beginning or whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cormac-mccarthy/because-the-question-for-me-was-always-whether-that-shape-we-see-in/) [Cormac McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cormac-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/cormac-mccarthy-181_events_because-the-question-for-me-was-always-w_2126509.jpg) > [Like all our memories, we like to take it out once in a while and lay it flat on the kitchen table,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-vaye-watkins/like-all-our-memories-we-like-to-take-it-out-once-in-a-while-and-lay/) [Claire Vaye Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-vaye-watkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/claire-vaye-watkins-30449_doe_like-all-our-memories-we-like-to-take-it_2283236.png) > [If we fail to realize our full potential as human beings, we live more on an animalistic level. This is fine for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-we-fail-to-realize-our-full-potential-as-human-beings-we-live-more/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22b/anonymous-1_animalistic_if-we-fail-to-realize-our-full-potential_277000.jpg) > [Many people who gain recognition and fame shape their lives by overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, only to be catapulted into new social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-bandura/many-people-who-gain-recognition-and-fame-shape-their-lives-by/) [Albert Bandura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-bandura/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab8/albert-bandura-3524_architect_many-people-who-gain-recognition-and-fam_677630.jpg) > [Comparison, a great teacher once told me, is the cardinal sin of modern life. It traps us in a game that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-c-collins/comparison-a-great-teacher-once-told-me-is-the-cardinal-sin-of-modern/) [James C. Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-c-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a4/james-c-collins-2276_can-t-win_comparison-a-great-teacher-once-told-me_3108023.png) > [“We go about our lives in a huff, you know? Chasing that big American dream seared into our brains since birth. Along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-michaelsen/we-go-about-our-lives-in-a-huff-you-know-chasing-that-big-american/) [Jon Michaelsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-michaelsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/jon-michaelsen-83213_american-dream_we-go-about-our-lives-in-a-huff-you-know_1325926.jpg) > [“We are rarely in danger of examining to excess, especially when the subject is the shape of our own lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/we-are-rarely-in-danger-of-examining-to-excess-especially-when-the/) [G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/g-k-chesterton-224_shape-lives_we-are-rarely-in-danger-of-examining-to_3206541.jpg) > [“Through the gamut of life we struggled for control, for a means to fashion the world around us, an eternal, hopeless hunt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/through-the-gamut-of-life-we-struggled-for-control-for-a-means-to/) [Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/steven-erikson-588_life_through-the-gamut-of-life-we-struggled-f_2559266.jpg) > [“Stories matter. They shape our lives, expectations, and dreams. They are the warp and weave of our human existence, binding us into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bascomb-james/stories-matter-they-shape-our-lives-expectations-and-dreams-they-are/) [Bascomb James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bascomb-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/bascomb-james-222336_dreams_stories-matter-they-shape-our-lives-expe_1654628.jpg) > [“We have the power to shape our lives, by the way we think. Only that to have a progressive life, we must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ndiritu-wahome/we-have-the-power-to-shape-our-lives-by-the-way-we-think-only-that-to/) [Ndiritu Wahome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ndiritu-wahome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03c/ndiritu-wahome-54725_art_we-have-the-power-to-shape-our-lives-by_2680748.jpg) > [In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-roosevelt/in-the-long-run-we-shape-our-lives-and-we-shape-ourselves-the-process-2/) [Eleanor Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/623/eleanor-roosevelt-381_choice_in-the-long-run-we-shape-our-lives-and-w_2230942.jpg) > [Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate, without them what would shape our lives? Perhaps if we wouldn't have veered off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/maybe-our-mistakes-are-what-make-our-fate-without-them-what-would-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/903/anonymous-1_being-who-you-are_maybe-our-mistakes-are-what-make-our-fat_2498686.jpg) > [“None of us is so mature that we cannot be influenced. The question is: Who or what do we want to shape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-spangler/none-of-us-is-so-mature-that-we-cannot-be-influenced-the-question-is/) [Ann Spangler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-spangler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/ann-spangler-34560_influenced_none-of-us-is-so-mature-that-we-cannot-b_215575.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shape-lives/#itemlist", "name": "Shape Lives Quotes", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is no such thing as destiny. 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