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    There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets
    to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic portents; distinct
    from the ordinary lights which guide our course and mark our
    seasons, yet true to their own laws, potent in their own
    influences.

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Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All read more

Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow.

by David Seabury Found in: Destiny Quotes,
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Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

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

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Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.
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Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.
O, that that earth which kept the world in awe
Should patch a wall t' expel the winter's flaw!

by William Shakespeare Found in: Destiny Quotes,
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The future works out great men's destinies;
The present is enough for common souls,
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The future works out great men's destinies;
The present is enough for common souls,
Who, never looking forward, are indeed
Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age
Are petrified forever.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Destiny Quotes,
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Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

by John F. Kennedy Found in: Destiny Quotes,
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We are what we must
And not what we would be. I know that one hour
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We are what we must
And not what we would be. I know that one hour
Assures not another. The will and the power
Are diverse.

by Lord Lytton Found in: Destiny Quotes,
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Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.

Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.

by Aeschylus Found in: Destiny Quotes,
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Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental.

Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental.

by Unknown Author Found in: Destiny Quotes,
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Men heap together the mistakes of their lives and create a monster they call destiny.

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives and create a monster they call destiny.

by John Oliver Hobbes Found in: Destiny Quotes,
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