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Destiny Quotes
"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us."
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"Jordan seeks to play only one role, that of a model state. It is our aim to set an example for our Arab brethren, not one that they need follow but one that will inspire them to seek a higher, happier destiny within their own borders."
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"Each person comes into this world with a specific destiny."
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"There is a destiny that shapes our ends rough, hew them as we will."
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"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open."
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"When you look up and don't see the stars, the universe may have cleared the sky for you to replace them."
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"Be the master of your own destiny, not a victim of circumstances."
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"Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions."
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"Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny."
40
"We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is Manifest Destiny."
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"We are temporarily immortal, until we have fulfilled God's plans for our lives...then we become temporarily mortal, waiting to become permanently immortal at last."
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"Destiny itself is like a wonderful wide tapestry in which every thread is guided by an unspeakable tender hand, placed beside another thread and held and carried by a hundred others."
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"To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation."
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"Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them."
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"Other people think destiny is a time in one's life, such as the moment one becomes an adult, or the instant it becomes necessary to construct a hiding place out of sofa cushions. And still other people think that destiny is an invisible force, like gravity, or a fear of paper cuts, that guide everyone throughout their lives, whether they are embarking on a mysterious errand, doing a treacherous deed, or deciding that a book they have begun reading is too dreadful to finish."
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"Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist."
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"Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny."
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"If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you."
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"Whether it's destiny or fate or whatever, I don't think I could do a French Laundry anywhere else."
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"But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry (of life) will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge of the world that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate."
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"The 'institution of marriage' is being threatened - by people getting married? Huh?"
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"Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow."
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"We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours."
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"If you are born to lead, be a leader!"
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"A person's destiny is something you look back at afterwards, not something to be known in advance."
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"Fate can not be proven or disproven so act knowing that destiny is a product of your every thought and every action."
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"We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves."
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"I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence."
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"However painful it may be for me to accept this conclusion, I am obliged to state it: for the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white."
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