Quotes about Destiny

The simplicity. Getting rid of something by giving it to itself. God Himself folded into the tiny adamant structure, Self-destined to a succession of explosions, the great slow gathering out of water and air and silicon: this is felt without words in the turn of the round hoe-handle in his palms. Now

The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness

He ne'er is crowned with immortality Who fears to follow where airy voices lead.

It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid. -Stultum est timere quod vitare non potes

We're only cheating ourselves when we don't live the life God has for us.

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.

It (destiny) is what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny.

There are two great days in a person's life -- the day we are born and the day we discover why.

You are doomed to make choices. This is life's greatest paradox.

Everything in life is luck.