Quotes about Destiny

Genius is an intellect that has become unfaithful to its destiny.

But to be in possession of undisturbed leisure, is far from being the common lot; nay, it is something alien to human nature, for the ordinary man's destiny is to spend life in procuring what is necessary for the subsistence of himself and his family;

Therefore, without doubt, the happiest destiny on earth is to have the rare gift of a rich individuality, and, more especially to be possessed of a good endowment of intellect; this is the happiest destiny, though it may not be, after all, a very brilliant one.

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.

We knew not where we were going. We only knew that we must run, run to the end of the world, run to the end of our days.

Dare not choose in your minds the work you would like to do when you leave the Home of the Students. You shall do what the Council of Vocations shall prescribe for you.

You cannot predict the future.

Step out on faith and walk into your purpose.

When life's great storms come, the weak sink, the cowardly jump ship, the strong drop an anchor, the mighty adjust their sails, and the great sail on to their destiny.

The chances you take… the people you meet… the people you love...the faith that you have - that's what's going to define your life.

God loves me. I'm not here just to fill a place, just to be a number. He has chosen me for a purpose. I know it.

You don't find love, it finds you. It's got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what's written in the stars.