--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: There's a destiny for everybody. The…" description: "\"There's a destiny for everybody. The world is set up - as foreign as that can be to some people who are very materialistic - but there is a force in th..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/james-redfield-4938_destiny_there-s-a-destiny-for-everybody-the-worl_772950.jpg" --- # There's a destiny for everybody. The world is set up - as… ![“There's a destiny for everybody. The world is set up - as foreign as that can be to some people who are very materialistic - but there is a force in this world, once we step into it, that opens doors for us, that gives us a sense of purpose and the greatest life there is, in my view.” quote by James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/james-redfield-4938_destiny_there-s-a-destiny-for-everybody-the-worl_772950.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/james-redfield-4938_destiny_there-s-a-destiny-for-everybody-the-worl_772950.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/james-redfield-4938_destiny_there-s-a-destiny-for-everybody-the-worl_772950.jpg) > “There's a destiny for everybody. The world is set up - as foreign as that can be to some people who are very materialistic - but there is a force in this world, once we step into it, that opens doors for us, that gives us a sense of purpose and the greatest life there is, in my view.” [James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A universal destiny exists, and a spiritual force guides purposeful, fulfilling lives beyond materialism. **In simple terms:** Purposeful life guided by unseen force. Key Takeaway Seek deeper purpose beyond material goals. Themes spirituality purpose destiny Mood inspirational hopeful Type philosophical motivational When to use this quote - career choice - relationship building - personal development Key Concepts meaning personal growth interconnectedness Questions to Reflect On - What force guides your life? - How can you align material goals with purpose? A Different Perspective Materialism may conflict with spiritual purpose. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Destiny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destiny/) [Greatest life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/greatest-life/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Life View](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-view/) [Materialistic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/materialistic/) [People](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/) [Purpose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/purpose/) [World](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/) ## Related quotes > [Everybody has a destiny but everybody has a choice to follow it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamika-leeigh/everybody-has-a-destiny-but-everybody-has-a-choice-to-follow-it/) [Tamika-leeigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamika-leeigh/) > [“I have come to believe that our innate purpose is nothing more than to be the greatest version of ourselves. It is a process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-maraboli/i-have-come-to-believe-that-our-innate-purpose-is-nothing-more-than/) [Steve Maraboli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-maraboli/) > [“I know that we came to this life with a purpose and that the greatest joy we will receive will be those acts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-d-hales/i-know-that-we-came-to-this-life-with-a-purpose-and-that-the-greatest/) [Robert D. Hales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-d-hales/) > [“Allow your pain to fuel your purpose. Some of the greatest opportunities you will ever experience in life will come from the greatest pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-lewis/allow-your-pain-to-fuel-your-purpose-some-of-the-greatest/) [Theresa Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-lewis/) > [I noted that people are happy here in India. When I went back home, people had everything in the materialistic sense and were surrounded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldie-hawn/i-noted-that-people-are-happy-here-in-india-when-i-went-back-home/) [Goldie Hawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goldie-hawn/) > [We are so defined by how people see us. We're a very materialistic culture. We're a very image-driven culture. What if that goes away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christine-baranski/we-are-so-defined-by-how-people-see-us-we-re-a-very-materialistic/) [Christine Baranski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christine-baranski/) > [In essence, the Thai people are not materialistic at all. They're not in the least driven by the kind of ambition that drives us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-burdett/in-essence-the-thai-people-are-not-materialistic-at-all-they-re-not/) [John Burdett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-burdett/) > [My dad's side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evangeline-lilly/my-dad-s-side-of-the-family-are-missionaries-who-are-more-comfortable/) [Evangeline Lilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evangeline-lilly/) > [My heart is in helping people and in the less materialistic side of things, but there's the side of me that's more polished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evangeline-lilly/my-heart-is-in-helping-people-and-in-the-less-materialistic-side-of/) [Evangeline Lilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evangeline-lilly/) > [As I discovered, even the governor of a major state who holds pro-life views can be denied a hearing at his party's convention without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-casey/as-i-discovered-even-the-governor-of-a-major-state-who-holds-pro-life/) [Robert Casey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-casey/) > [A woman has many faces as she goes through her life. It's like we need more than one hair-do. We have many, many changes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-stone/a-woman-has-many-faces-as-she-goes-through-her-life-it-s-like-we-need/) [Sharon Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-stone/) > [There are two ways to look at life. The first view is that nothing stays the same and that nothing is inherently connected, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-klosterman/there-are-two-ways-to-look-at-life-the-first-view-is-that-nothing/) [Chuck Klosterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-klosterman/) > [I have lived a carnal life. My view of life is 'If you're going to miss Heaven, why miss it by two inches? Miss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/i-have-lived-a-carnal-life-my-view-of-life-is-if-you-re-going-to-miss/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) > [A mentor long departed told me that the greatest gift in political life, in any life, is to view yourself objectively, at arm's length,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-carey/a-mentor-long-departed-told-me-that-the-greatest-gift-in-political/) Hugh Carey > [A system of philosophy, or metaphysics, is a union of a world view and a life view in one harmonious, complete, integral conception. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-alexander-leighton/a-system-of-philosophy-or-metaphysics-is-a-union-of-a-world-view-and/) [Joseph Alexander Leighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-alexander-leighton/) ## More by James Redfield > [“I could see clearly that this growing belligerence was an aberration, coming not from intention, but from the Fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/i-could-see-clearly-that-this-growing-belligerence-was-an-aberration/) [James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) > [You will learn that at higher levels of energy, our fields of prayer act very quickly to bring us exactly what we expect. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/you-will-learn-that-at-higher-levels-of-energy-our-fields-of-prayer/) [James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) > [Fundamentalists from every religion have to be replaced, have to be disempowered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/fundamentalists-from-every-religion-have-to-be-replaced-have-to-be/) [James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) > [When love first happens, the individuals are giving each other energy unconsciously and both people feel buoyant and elated. That's the incredible high we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/when-love-first-happens-the-individuals-are-giving-each-other-energy/) [James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) > [“We humans always seem to take a manipulative posture. No matter what the particulars of the situation, or the subject matter, we prepare ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/we-humans-always-seem-to-take-a-manipulative-posture-no-matter-what/) [James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) > [Beauty is something we can affirm and intend to have more of. What happens then is our perceptual ability, no matter where we are,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/beauty-is-something-we-can-affirm-and-intend-to-have-more-of-what/) [James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) > [Such growth will move humans into ever-higher energy states, ultimately transforming our bodies into spiritual form and uniting this dimension of existence with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/such-growth-will-move-humans-into-ever-higher-energy-states/) [James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) > [Where Attention goes Energy flows; Where Intention goes Energy flows!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/where-attention-goes-energy-flows-where-intention-goes-energy-flows/) [James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) > [The universe is energy, energy that responds to our expectations](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/the-universe-is-energy-energy-that-responds-to-our-expectations/) [James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) > [Our children take our level of vibration and raise it even higher. This is how we, as humans, continue evolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/our-children-take-our-level-of-vibration-and-raise-it-even-higher/) [James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) > [“We’re cutting corners, maximizing short-term profits”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/we-re-cutting-corners-maximizing-short-term-profits/) [James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) > [“Working to establish a more comfortable style of survival has grown to feel complete in and of itself as a reason to live, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/working-to-establish-a-more-comfortable-style-of-survival-has-grown/) [James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) > [In the '90s, we are all our own gurus, offering truth to each other. My message is that we all have a truth inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/in-the-90s-we-are-all-our-own-gurus-offering-truth-to-each-other-my/) [James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) > [I try not to recommend too many books, frankly, because I think there's a certain synchronicity that happens when people discover books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/i-try-not-to-recommend-too-many-books-frankly-because-i-think-there-s/) [James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) > [“Healing in its essence is about breaking through the fears associated with life—fears”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/healing-in-its-essence-is-about-breaking-through-the-fears-associated/) [James Redfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) [Explore all 102 James Redfield quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/) ## More Destiny quotes > [... War on the destiny of man! Doom on the sun! Before death takes you, O take back this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/war-on-the-destiny-of-man-doom-on-the-sun-before-death-takes-you-o/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Anatomy is destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmund-freud/anatomy-is-destiny/) [Sigmund Freud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmund-freud/) > [“You are destiny for greatness. Your future is in the hands of the Lord.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/you-are-destiny-for-greatness-your-future-is-in-the-hands-of-the-lord/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) > [“To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions; and not to try to avoid what is your lot.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/idries-shah/to-be-a-sufi-is-to-detach-from-fixed-ideas-and-from-preconceptions/) [Idries Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/idries-shah/) > [ Man blindly works the will of fate. \[Ger., Blindlings that er blos den Willen des Geschickes.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christoph-martin-wieland/man-blindly-works-the-will-of-fate-ger-blindlings-that-er-blos-den/) [Christoph Martin Wieland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christoph-martin-wieland/) > [There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But a knob…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-robbins/there-are-times-when-we-can-feel-destiny-close-around-us-like-a-fist/) [Tom Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-robbins/) > [“It's morning now, and I miss the soft rasp of her voice already. Ugh. I'm in trouble, aren't I?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-shand/it-s-morning-now-and-i-miss-the-soft-rasp-of-her-voice-already-ugh-i/) [Pat Shand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-shand/) > [You can't choose what stays and what stays away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florence-welch/you-can-t-choose-what-stays-and-what-stays-away/) [Florence Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florence-welch/) > [“Failing to meet your true destiny is a tragic act of free will.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthon-st-maarten/failing-to-meet-your-true-destiny-is-a-tragic-act-of-free-will/) [Anthon St. Maarten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthon-st-maarten/) > [Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-kidman/somehow-destiny-comes-into-play-these-children-end-up-with-you-and/) [Nicole Kidman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-kidman/) > [“In that instant it all seemed to come clear to him- it came in a grisly flash of light, and he realized that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/in-that-instant-it-all-seemed-to-come-clear-to-him-it-came-in-a/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) > [“Destiny is the ordained intention God has sacredly prepared with your name on it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-s-lynch/destiny-is-the-ordained-intention-god-has-sacredly-prepared-with-your/) [John S. Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-s-lynch/) > [“There is no interaction without God with interaction with men”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sunday-adelaja/there-is-no-interaction-without-god-with-interaction-with-men/) [Sunday Adelaja](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sunday-adelaja/) > [We are somehow the children of the planet, we are somehow its finest hour; we bind time, we bind the past, we anticipate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/we-are-somehow-the-children-of-the-planet-we-are-somehow-its-finest/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [“Fate and future both are servant to the determined, for they are nothing but creation of human determination.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/fate-and-future-both-are-servant-to-the-determined-for-they-are/) [Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/) [Browse all 7,925 Destiny quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destiny/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a destiny for everybody. The world is set up - as foreign as that can be to some people who are very materialistic - but there is a force in this world, once we step into it, that opens doors for us, that gives us a sense of purpose and the greatest life there is, in my view.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Redfield" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/there-s-a-destiny-for-everybody-the-world-is-set-up-as-foreign-as/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Destiny" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/there-s-a-destiny-for-everybody-the-world-is-set-up-as-foreign-as/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/james-redfield-4938_destiny_there-s-a-destiny-for-everybody-the-worl_772950.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/james-redfield-4938_destiny_there-s-a-destiny-for-everybody-the-worl_772950.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/james-redfield-4938_destiny_there-s-a-destiny-for-everybody-the-worl_772950.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's a destiny for everybody. The world is set up - as foreign as that can be to some people who are very…” — James Redfield", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "James Redfield", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-redfield/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "There's a destiny for everybody. The...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/there-s-a-destiny-for-everybody-the-world-is-set-up-as-foreign-as/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-redfield/there-s-a-destiny-for-everybody-the-world-is-set-up-as-foreign-as/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```