Destiny quotes are used to inspire, comfort and motivate. These quotations are great for speeches, greeting cards and daily tweets or status posts.
The nature of destiny has been debated for centuries. Some people are of the belief that destiny is predetermined and inevitable, while others think that destiny can be altered by the choices that people make. This article has quotations for people on both sides of the debate.
Top 10 destiny quotes with pictures
Destiny plays a very important role in my life. ~Mohanlal
For us, destiny always feels… if you obey, it’s almost a passive thing. ~Danny Boyle
We are each other’s destiny. ~Jacqueline Novogratz
It’s better to accept destiny. ~Hina Khan
Act up to the magnitude of your destiny. ~William Godwin
Everyone, real or invented, deserves the open destiny of life. ~Grace Paley
The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny. ~James Woods
To transform yourself is to transform your destiny. ~Laura Esquivel
A people decides its own destiny. ~Marine Le Pen
Our history is not our destiny. ~Alan Cohen
Best Destiny Quotes (Famous and Not-so-Famous)
Destiny quotes are great to inspire, motivate or lift someone’s spirits. They are great to use in a speech, card or gift, especially to new graduates. Inspirational quotes are often the turning point for someone who is facing a decision. Find the perfect life quotation for any occasion.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. ~ Anthony Robbins
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. ~ Jawaharial Nehru
The choices we make and the chances we take, determine our destiny. ~ Author Unknown
Sometimes in the winds of change we find our true direction. ~ Author Unknown
Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny. ~ Frank Outlaw
The destiny of man is his soul. ~ Herodotus
One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it. ~ French Proverb
Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great. ~ Fernando Flores
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. ~ W.J. Bryan
Our destiny is not written for us, but by us. ~ Barack Obama
It is a mistake to try to look far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time. ~ Winston Churchill
Man’s ultimate destiny is to become one with the Divine Power which governs and sustains the creation and its creatures. ~ Alfred A. Monapert
Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart give yourself to it. ~ Buddha Prince Gautama Siddharta
To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us. ~ Alexis Carrel
Short destiny quotes
We bear a heavy and therefore a great destiny. ~Alfred Rosenberg
You shape your own destiny. ~Chet Atkins
I like to be in control of my own destiny. ~Paul Rodgers
Our inexorable destiny is to be a great nation. ~Michel Temer
You can only control your own destiny. ~Scott Coker
I want to be in control of my own destiny. ~Ray LaMontagne
I can control my destiny; I control my life. ~Shahid Khan
Technology is not destiny. ~Erik Brynjolfsson
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. ~William Shakespeare
I figured being fat was my destiny. ~Ron Lester
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. ~Jean de La Fontaine
It’s choice – not chance – that determines your destiny. ~Jean Nidetch
Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny. ~Harry S Truman
Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. ~Bob Marley
The destiny of man is in his own soul. ~Herodotus
Character is destiny. ~Heraclitus
I always believe in destiny. ~Sridevi
Demography is destiny. ~Auguste Comte
One country, one constitution, one destiny. ~Daniel Webster
You can be great only if it is your destiny. ~Andrea Bocelli
It is the destiny of mint to be crushed. ~Waverley Lewis Root
I believe in destiny, God’s hand and hard work. ~Katrina Kaif
Control your own destiny or someone else will. ~Jack Welch
Anatomy is destiny. ~Sigmund Freud
Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny. ~Albert Camus
Your genetics is not your destiny. ~George M. Church
No man can be stronger than his destiny. ~Mary Hunter Austin
Our future is our sense of common destiny. ~Ahmet Davutoglu
Genes are not destiny! ~Bruce Lipton
In a larger sense, we all write our own destiny. ~Chanda Kochhar
Destiny and Love Quotes
Do you believe that being with your loved one is destiny? Here are some quotes to send to the one you love. Romantic quotations can add that special touch to a card, gift or wedding vows.
Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you, I had no control over. ~ Author Unknown
As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this in my destiny and the meaning of my life. ~Napolean Bonaparte
Love is not our choice but in our fate. ~ John Dryden
Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another. ~Thomas Merton
Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live. ~Marcus Aurelius
Creativity itself doesn’t care at all about results – the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens next happen, without fussing too much about it. Work like a monk, or a mule, or some other representative metaphor for diligence. Love the work. Destiny will do what it wants with you, regardless. ~Elizabeth Gilbert
Patriotism is a love of country. If you love your country, you should love your countrymen and women. It doesn’t mean you always agree with them or even like them. It is understanding that we have interwoven destiny. ~Cory Booker
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. ~David Seabury
The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to destiny, and that’s why it is so perilous and so burdened with a kind of horrifying stage fright. ~Alain Badiou
I guess my personality is that of a modern, strong Chinese woman. I don’t believe in destiny. There are many things that can be changed. I don’t like to be defeated by difficulties. I love freedom, so when I am shaping a character, I usually do it the way I want. I always find some part of my own character in a role. ~Gong Li
Working harder is not a sustainable solution and it’s not how people meet their destiny. It’s time to get more creative. Instead of choosing one thing we love over something else we love, we must ask, ‘how can I do both?’ And, then, we can find solutions. ~Maynard Webb
All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I’m a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I’d be miserable and would feel like I wasn’t seeing through my personal destiny. ~Idina Menzel
I’ve always considered myself lucky that I do not have many passions. There’s only one pursuit that I have ever truly loved, and that pursuit is writing. This means, conveniently enough, that I never had to search for my destiny; I only had to obey it. ~Elizabeth Gilbert
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Bad destiny quotes
From the moral as from the intellectual point of view, the child is born neither good nor bad but master of his destiny. ~Jean Piaget
Being a foreigner bad guy doesn’t have to be my destiny, and I can be much more than that. ~Rusev
You can’t change someone who doesn’t see an issue in their actions.
A bad attitude can literally block love, blessings, and destiny from finding you. Don’t be the reason you don’t succeed. ~Mandy Hale
Destiny is a good thing to accept when it’s going your way. When it isn’t, don’t call it destiny; call it injustice, treachery, or simple bad luck.
Lost destiny quotes
The destiny of the world is determined less by the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves and believes in. ~Harold Clarke Goddard
Never allow someone to choose your destiny, in that way you’ll never find yourself.
I lost my way all the way to you and in you I found my way. ~Atticus
My destiny is lost like me. My life is lost like me. The word that explains me is a lost boy coz its suits me. ~Rahul Kapoor
When just the right words don’t come to you, why not use a quote. The destiny quotations in this article can offer inspiration and motivation. They are great for essays, speeches, greeting cards and gifts.