Skip to content

Destiny Quote by John Vaillant

“(..)Fate has always been a potent force in Russia, where, for generations, citizens have had little control over their own destinies. Fate can be a bitch, but, as Zaitsev, Dvornik, and Onofrecuk had discovered, it can also be a tiger.” quote by John Vaillant — Download Open image

““(..)Fate has always been a potent force in Russia, where, for generations, citizens have had little control over their own destinies. Fate can be a bitch, but, as Zaitsev, Dvornik, and Onofrecuk had discovered, it can also be a tiger.””

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (5 ratings)

Destiny Fate

More by John Vaillant

Fear is not a sin in the taiga, but cowardice is [..].

Image

“He realised that in a town a man cannot live as he wishes, but as other people wish.”

Image

“I’ve read a tiger’s not dangerous, They say the tiger won’t attack But one thing’s not clear to me. Has he read this, too?…

Image

The one certainty in tiger tracks is: follow them long enough and you will eventually arrive at a tiger, unless the tiger arrives at…

Image

“Tigers go by several different names here, and one of them is Toyota-because, during the 1990's, that is what you could buy with one.”

Image

“To say a tiger is an "outside" animal is an understatement that is best appreciated when a tiger is inside.”

Image

Successful hunting, it could be said, is an act of terminal empathy: the kill depends on how successfully a hunter inserts himself into the…

Image

Fancy cutting down all those beautiful trees...to make pulp for those bloody newspapers, and calling it civilisation. - Winston Churchill, remarking to his son…

Image

“It is an eccentric and uniquely human approach to resources: like plowing under your farmland to make way for more lawns, or compromising your…

Image

“Their houses are the size of small airplane hangars; their carved”

Image

A human being is a very social creature, and ninety percent of what he does is done only because other people are watching. Alone,…

Image

“This is the magical realism of NAFTA - Mexico, the birthplace of corn, is now importing surplus corn from el Norte - millions of…

Image

Explore all 26 John Vaillant quotes

More Destiny quotes

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

Image

Anatomy is destiny.

Image

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

Lailah Gifty Akita

Image

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

Image

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

Christoph Martin Wieland

Image

There are times when we can feel destiny close around us like a fist around a doorknob. Sure, we can resist. But a knob…

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Anthon St. Maarten

Image

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

Image

“In that instant it all seemed to come clear to him- it came in a grisly flash of light, and he realized that the…

Image

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

Image

Browse all 7,493 Destiny quotes