Destiny Quotes

2702 Destiny quotes by 1514 unique authors

A sense of contentment makes us kindly and benevolent to others; we are not chafed and galled by cares which are tyrannical because original. We… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Patience is the courage of the conqueror, the strength of man against destiny. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Art and power will go on as they have done,--will make day out of night, time out of space, and space out of time. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Am I caught in a self-centred, narrow little cell which refuses to look beyond? Do I see it when you come along and tell me… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls, Who, never looking forward, are indeed Mere clay wherein the footprints… — James Russell Lowell
My death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me. — Joseph Addison
Life treads on life, and heart on heart; We press too close in church and mart To keep a dream or grave apart. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Obedience is our universal duty and destiny; wherein whoso will not bend must break; too early and too thoroughly we cannot be trained to know… — Thomas Carlyle
Destiny is always dark. — George Herbert
Against destiny I fulfilled my duty. Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it. — Fernando Pessoa
To love another person you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny. — Quentin Crisp
Everything I touch seems destined to turn into something mean and farcical. — Henrik Ibsen
I cannot overstate how much a generous spirit contributes to good luck. Look at the luckiest people around you, the ones you envy, the ones… — Twyla Tharp
If we cannot shape our destiny there as no such thing as witchcraft. — Andre Malraux
We are all puppets in the hands of fate and seldom see the strings... — Charles W. Chesnutt
By the single example of this painter devoted to his art with such independence, my destiny as a painter opened out to me. — Claude Monet
I believe that mankind's destiny lies in the stars... — Neil Gaiman
I believe that happiness consists in having a destiny in keeping with our abilities. Our desires are things of the moment, often harmful even to… — Madame de Stael
And all the bustle of departure - sometimes sad, sometimes intoxicating - just as fear or hope may be inspired by the new chances of… — Madame de Stael
Destiny has a constant passion for the incongruous. — Booth Tarkington
Concern for one?s own welfare and prosperity should not blind one to one?s social obligations or spiritual destiny?.A society in which the individuals are concerned… — Sathya Sai Baba
Some people say we can never achieve our special destiny, but I say, in a world of new possibilities guided by goodness, we can and… — Bill Bradley
We are not here on earth to change our destiny, but to fulfill it. — Guy Finley
The world must not only be interpreted, it must be transformed. Man ceases to be the slave and tool of his environment and converts himself… — Che Guevara

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