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Destiny Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
- I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it never has seen but is to…
- Our dead brothers and sisters still live for us and bid us think of life, not death-of life to which in their youth they lent…
- The language of judicial decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method and form flatter that longing for certainty and for repose…
More Destiny Quotes
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. — Aristotle
- Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has… — Marcus Aurelius
- Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so. — Marcus Aurelius
- Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if… — Marcus Aurelius
- Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times… — Ansel Adams
- Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman's destiny requires, have for… — Honore de Balzac
- I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be. — Douglas Adams
- Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow. — Dennis Banks
- Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education.… — Charles Barkley
- It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms… — Simone de Beauvoir
- It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage. — Henry Ward Beecher