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Destiny Quotes
"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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"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us."
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"Each person comes into this world with a specific destiny."
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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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"We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is Manifest Destiny."
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"There is a destiny that shapes our ends rough, hew them as we will."
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"Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny."
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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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"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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"Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them."
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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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"Whether it's destiny or fate or whatever, I don't think I could do a French Laundry anywhere else."
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"Be the master of your own destiny, not a victim of circumstances."
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"Destiny has a lot to do with it, but so do you. You have to persevere, you have to insist."
12
"I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence."
12
"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."
11
"If you are born to lead, be a leader!"
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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?"
11
"To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation."
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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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"Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny."
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"We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves."
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"Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny."
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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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"If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you."
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"Which reminds me of a fortune cookie: you often find your destiny on the path you take to avoid it."
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"Some people come and go and are forgotten. But there are other people who share a part in our destinies. They come, they go, but they are never forgotten. They come, they go, but even after they go... they're still here. They never really went anywhere."
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"Kosovo's destiny is clearly to join the European Union at some point."
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