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Destiny Quotes by Simone de Beauvoir
- It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a…
- Marriage is traditionally the destiny offered to women by society. Most women are married or have been, or plan to be or suffer from not…
- Indeed, there is nothing more arbitrary than intervening as a stranger in a destiny which is not ours...
- One can not start by saying our earthly destiny has or has not importance, for it depends on us to give it importance.
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