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“It's as if my footprints were already on the road before I even got there.I walk into them, my waiting footprints.” quote by jackie kay — Download Open image

““It's as if my footprints were already on the road before I even got there.I walk into them, my waiting footprints.””

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... War on the destiny of man! Doom on the sun! Before death takes you, O take back this.

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Anatomy is destiny.

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“You are destiny for greatness. Your future is in the hands of the Lord.”

Lailah Gifty Akita

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“To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions; and not to try to avoid what is your lot.”

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Man blindly works the will of fate. [Ger., Blindlings that er blos den Willen des Geschickes.]

Christoph Martin Wieland

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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…

“It's morning now, and I miss the soft rasp of her voice already. Ugh. I'm in trouble, aren't I?”

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You can't choose what stays and what stays away.

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“Failing to meet your true destiny is a tragic act of free will.”

Anthon St. Maarten

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Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical.

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“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…

“Destiny is the ordained intention God has sacredly prepared with your name on it.”

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