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Quotations about destiny

William ShakespeareIt is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

 - William Shakespeare

Tags:   destiny  stars  

AristotleExcellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.

 - Aristotle

Tags:   chance  choice  destiny  effort  excellence  

BuddhaIf you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

 - Gautama Buddha

Tags:   destiny  direction  

Lao TzuWatch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habit. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

 - Laozi / Lao-Tzu

Tags:   actions  destiny  habits  thought  words  

Garry KasparovThere is no one that can share your responsibility. It is your responsibility you must carry it on and you must be responsible for your actions. At the end of the day we all are being challenged, sooner or later, by our destiny. And it's up to us to make all the difference in this life. If not you, who else?

 - Garry Kasparov

Tags:   challenges  destiny  responsibility  

Fyodor DostoevskyImagine that you are creating a fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end, giving them peace and rest at last, but that It was essential and inevitable to torture to death only one tiny creature. . . and to found that edifice on its unavenged tears, would you consent to be the architect on those conditions?

 - Fyodor Dostoevsky

Tags:   creation  destiny  happiness  innocence  torture  

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

 - William Jennings Bryan

Tags:   chance  choice  destiny  

William ShakespeareSome are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Your fate awaits you. Accept it in body and spirit.

 - William Shakespeare

Tags:   destiny  fate  greatness  

Theodore RooseveltWe are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a high and resolute courage. For us is the life of action, of strenuous perforrnance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.

 - Theodore Roosevelt

Tags:   action  courage  destiny  duty