Famous Quotes & Sayings

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The best genius is that which absorbs and assimilates everything without doing the least violence to its fundamental destiny.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Since you know me and my destiny only too well, you probably also know what attracts me to all unfortunate people.

Napoleon Hill

You are the master of your own earthly destiny just as surely as you have the power to control your own thoughts

Napoleon Hill

The world is ruled, and the destiny of civilization is established, by the human emotions.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom and policy dictate that we must do as destiny demands and keep peace with the irresistible march of events.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.

Og Mandino

The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny.

Og Mandino

I need not wait for I have the power to choose my own destiny.

Og Mandino

First, recognize that you are not a sheep who will be satisfied with only a few nibbles of dry grass or with following the herd as they wander aimlessly, bleating and whining, all of their days. Separate yourself now from the multitude of humanity so that you will be able to control your own destiny. Remember that what others think and say and do need never influence what you think and say and do.

Orison Swett Marden

We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

The great end of being is to harmonize man with the order of things, and the church has been a good pitch-pipe, and may be so still.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Blood is a destiny. One's genius descends in the stream from long lines of ancestry.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

The language of judicial decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method and form flatter that longing for certainty and for repose which is in every human mind. But certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it never has seen but is to be - that man may have cosmic destinies that he does not understand.

Octavia Butler

The essentials are to learn to shape God with forethought, care, and work; to educate and benefit their community, their families and themselves; and to contribute to the fulfillment of the Destiny.

Mason Cooley

What is Providence for you may be Nemesis for me.

Mason Cooley

The older we become, the more certain our future.

Michael Gove

I think that what we have heard from the Remain campaign throughout this whole referendum have been dire warnings of the terrible consequences of the British people just taking control of our own destiny.And, the truth is, if we vote to Leave we will be in an economically stronger position. We will be able to take back some of the money that we currently give to the European Union and we can invest it in our priorities.

Mencius

Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.

Michio Kaku

‎By 2100, our destiny is to become like the gods we once worshipped and feared. But our tools will not be magic wands and potions but the science of computers, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and most of all, the quantum theory.

Michael J. Fox

Control is illusory. No matter what university you go to, no matter what degree you hold, if your goal is to becomes master of your own destiny, you have more to learn.

Mark Ruffalo

Whoever controls your energy controls your destiny. 100 percent renewable energy is 100 percent American.

Teresa Medeiros

Alone.'Twas her destiny to be ever surrounded by others, yet ever alone.

Mahatma Gandhi

Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.

Manly Hall

To repress rebellion is to maintain the status quo, a condition which binds the mortal creature in a state of intellectual or physical slavery. But it is impossible to chain man merely by slaving his body; the mind also must be held, and to accomplish this, fear is the accepted weapon. The common man must fear life, fear death, fear God, fear the Devil, and fear most the overlords, the keepers of his destiny.

Mahatma Gandhi

In a plan of life based on nonviolence, woman has as much right to shape her own destiny as man has to shape his.

Mahatma Gandhi

Man is the maker of his own destiny, and I therefore ask you to become makers of your own destiny.

Mahatma Gandhi

Before we can aspire to guide the destinies of India, we shall have to adopt the habit of fearlessness.

Mahatma Gandhi

It is my unshakable belief that India's destiny is to deliver the message of nonviolence to mankind.

John C. Maxwell

You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.