Destiny Quote by Abraham Verghese Download Open image ““Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny. From "Cutting for Stone”” — Abraham Verghese ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Destiny Goals
Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny. — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
“we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by… — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
“We make our own destiny. Believing otherwise abdicates responsibility for what happens, and I refuse to do that.” — Alec Hutson Copy Share Image
“Such a simple concept, yet so true. That which we manifest is before us, we are the creators of our own destiny.” — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
“Such a simple concept, yet so true: that which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it… — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
“Our destiny becomes the accumulation of the choices that we make; the choices of which paths we took in life.” — Steven Redhead Copy Share Image
“We cannot change our destiny, we just have to have the courage to know what it is, and accept it." - Cinderpelt” — Erin Hunter Copy Share
We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be. — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
“Our destiny is not fixed, humans plan their own fate and it may vary by our decisions and actions.” — Naralia Lizardo Copy Share Image
I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody. — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot. I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician. My intent wasn't to save the world as much as to heal myself. Few doctors will… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share
I think America is really in denial about the degree to which residents, particularly foreign medical graduates, man the county hospitals of this country,… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
“Do they listen?" He held up a finger. "Every year one does," he said, ginning, "But that one makes it worthwhile. Even Jesus only… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
“It seems we humans never learn. And so we relearn the lesson every generation and then want to write epistles. We proselytize to our… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
It was all I had, all I've ever had, the only currency, the only proof that I was alive. Memory. — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
“There it was, Hema must have thought; it was both the sorry and the thank-you that was so long overdue, and the funny thing… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
“This is my life, I thought, as my taxi slogged through heavy traffic and inched through the tunnel to Logan Airport. I have excised the cancer from my past, cut it out; I have crossed the high plains, descended into the desert, traversed oceans, and planted my feet in new soil; I have been the apprentice, paid my dues, and… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share
“I could see that the almost mystical aura of this legendary surgeon -- the single-mindedness, the dedication, the skill -- was mere surface. The… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
“As a child I'd longed for Thomas Stone or at least the idea of him. So many mornings I waited for him at the gates of Missing. I saw that vigil now as necessary, a prerequisite for my insides to harden and cure just like the willow of a cricket bat must cure to be ready for a lifetime of… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share
“The reader, knowing nothing about the ‘dark continent,’ filled in the blanks. Pictured Stone in a tent, kerosene lamp held up by a Hottentot… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
... War on the destiny of man! Doom on the sun! Before death takes you, O take back this. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You are destiny for greatness. Your future is in the hands of the Lord.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Man blindly works the will of fate. [Ger., Blindlings that er blos den Willen des Geschickes.] — Christoph Martin Wieland Copy Share Image
There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But a knob that won't turn, a door that sticks and never budges, is a nuisance to the gods. The gods may kick in the jamb. Worse, they may walk away in disgust, leaving us to hang dumbly from… — Tom Robbins Copy Share
“It's morning now, and I miss the soft rasp of her voice already. Ugh. I'm in trouble, aren't I?” — Pat Shand Copy Share Image
“Failing to meet your true destiny is a tragic act of free will.” — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical. — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
“In that instant it all seemed to come clear to him- it came in a grisly flash of light, and he realized that the vote they had taken as children was a joke. There was no turning back, never had been. They were on a track as preordained as the memory-track which had caused him to look up when he… — Stephen King Copy Share
“Destiny is the ordained intention God has sacredly prepared with your name on it.” — John S. Lynch Copy Share Image