#destiny

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 Bryant

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But this was that view of human destiny which she had most passionately hated and rejected: the view that man was ever to be drawn by some vision of the unattainable shining ahead, doomed ever to aspire, but not to achieve. Her life and her values could not bring her to that, she thought; she had never found beauty in longing for the impossible and had never found the possible to be beyond her reach. ↗

— Ayn Rand

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I think that by going on the path that I am, my destiny will just come to me. ↗

— Jason Derulo

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It is the destiny of the people of Haiti to suffer. ↗

— Jean Claude Duvalier

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We, the people. Manifest Destiny. Conceived in liberty. Fear itself. Ask not. Morning in America. United we stand. Yes, we can. In times of great change and tumult, presidents seek to inspire beleaguered Americans by reminding them of their national identity. ↗

— Ron Fournier

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Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist. ↗

— Franz Liszt

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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another. ↗

— Thomas Merton

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No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently. ↗

— Agnes de Mille

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Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. ↗

— Henry Miller

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