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You don't find love, it finds you. It's got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what's written in the stars.
Oct 1, 2025
Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.
Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.
Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.
Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man
I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed.
There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.
No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.
Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.
Musical compositions can be very sad - Chopin - but you have the pleasure of this sadness. The cheap consolation is: you will be happy. The higher consolation is the pleasure and recognition of your unhappiness, the pleasure of having recognised that fate, destiny and life are such as they are and so you reach a higher form of consciousness.
He cannot complain of a hard sentence, who is made master of his own fate.
Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
Call it fate, destiny, call it luck you ended up with me But some things are meant to be Coincidence, circumstance Or something bigger thats just out of our hands But some things are meant to be
I really believe that coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.
Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.
Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.
There's much to be said for challenging fate instead of ducking behind it.
Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.
[I am not] the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger.
It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.
Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.
As long as we persist in our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow.
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
Faber est suae quisque fortunae. Each man is the architect of his own fate.
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
Into each life some rain must fall.
All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.
Destiny is no 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.
The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.