<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Destiny - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66656]]></link><description><![CDATA[And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66050]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before the faithful, blood before the unbeliever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64775]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving and then you do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63788]]></link><description><![CDATA[A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sow an act...reap a habit; Sow a habit...reap a character; Sow a character...reap a destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sow an act...reap a habit; Sow a habit...reap a character; Sow a character...reap a destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People don't come into your life by accident. Everyone that crosses your path serves a purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62853]]></link><description><![CDATA[People don't come into your life by accident. Everyone that crosses your path serves a purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62744]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12102]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12103]]></link><description><![CDATA[One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are what their mothers made them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are what their mothers made them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice: It is not a thing to be waited ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny is no 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.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so we stand here motionless, waiting for the bitter end of all that is beautiful in this world; hoping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12107]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so we stand here motionless, waiting for the bitter end of all that is beautiful in this world; hoping only that the futures power will shed light on a new and wonderful destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel that I am a man of destiny. [Ger., Ich fuhl 's das ich der Mann des Schicksals bin.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12075]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel that I am a man of destiny. [Ger., Ich fuhl 's das ich der Mann des Schicksals bin.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there, From me, whose love was of that dignity  That it went hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12076]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there, From me, whose love was of that dignity  That it went hand in hand even with the vow   I made to her in marriage, and to decline    Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor     To those of mine!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12077]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.  O, that that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12078]]></link><description><![CDATA[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!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Hercules himself do what he may, The cat will mew, and dog will have his day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let Hercules himself do what he may, The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We shall be winnowed with so rough a wind That even our corn shall seem as light as chaff  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12080]]></link><description><![CDATA[We shall be winnowed with so rough a wind That even our corn shall seem as light as chaff  And good from bad find no partition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here burns my candle out; ay, here it dies, Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here burns my candle out; ay, here it dies, Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think you I bear the shears of destiny? Have I commandment on the pulse of life? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think you I bear the shears of destiny? Have I commandment on the pulse of life?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate is what happens to you when your luck runs out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate is what happens to you when your luck runs out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life, the only certainty is uncertainty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12086]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life, the only certainty is uncertainty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12089]]></link><description><![CDATA[No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12090]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12091]]></link><description><![CDATA[To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men heap together the mistakes of their lives and create a monster they call destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men heap together the mistakes of their lives and create a monster they call destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's ultimate destiny is to become one with the Divine Power which governs and sustains the creation and its creatures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's ultimate destiny is to become one with the Divine Power which governs and sustains the creation and its creatures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12095]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12096]]></link><description><![CDATA[But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic portents; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12062]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I am a weed, Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail,  Where'er the surge may sweep, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12063]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I am a weed, Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail,  Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art and power will go on as they have done,--will make day out of night, time out of space, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art and power will go on as they have done,--will make day out of night, time out of space, and space out of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is fate. (Destiny) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is fate. (Destiny)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No living man can send me to the shades Before my time; no man of woman born,  Coward or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12066]]></link><description><![CDATA[No living man can send me to the shades Before my time; no man of woman born,  Coward or brave, can shun his destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All, soon or late, are doom'd that path to tread. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12067]]></link><description><![CDATA[All, soon or late, are doom'd that path to tread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls,  Who, never looking forward, are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12068]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are but as the instrument of Heaven. Our work is not design, but destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12069]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are but as the instrument of Heaven. Our work is not design, but destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12069</guid></item></channel></rss>