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• That was a matter suspended between heaven and earth, awaiting the hand of destiny.

  Paulo Coelho

  Hands, Heaven, Matter

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• The within is ceaselessly becoming the without. From the state of a man's heart doth proceed the conditions of his life; his thoughts blossom into deeds, and his deeds bear the fruitage of character and destiny.

  James Allen

  Heart, Character, Men

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• Everything happens through immutable laws, ...everything is necessary... There are, some persons say, some events which are necessary and others which are not. It would be very comic that one part of the world was arranged, and the other were not; that one part of what happens had to happen and that another part of what happens did not have to happen. If one looks closely at it, one sees that the doctrine contrary to that of destiny is absurd; but there are many people destined to reason badly; others not to reason at all others to persecute those who reason.

  Voltaire

  Law, People, Events

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• Blood is a destiny. One's genius descends in the stream from long lines of ancestry.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Blood, Long, Grandparent

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• Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life. Fate is what kicks you in the ass to make you do it.

  Henry Miller

  Inspirational, Life, Fate

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• ...stand with me today and pledge to work for an America that doesn't ignore those in need and lifts up those who wish to succeed. Pledge to hold your government accountable for ignoring the suffering of so many for far too long. And pledge to do your part to build the America that we have dreamed of - where the bright light of opportunity shines on every person - an America where the family you are born into, or the color of your skin, will never control your destiny.

  John Edward

  Opportunity, Color, America

  "John Edwards: “Restoring the American Dream — Combating Poverty and Building One America”". Speech at the Center for American Progress, thinkprogress.org. September 19, 2005.

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• Certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Learning, Men, Illusion

  "The Path of the Law" (1897)

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• Whatsoever we perpetrate, we do but row; we are steered by fate.

  Samuel Butler

  Fate

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• The great end of being is to harmonize man with the order of things, and the church has been a good pitch-pipe, and may be so still.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Men, Order, Church

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• Your destiny is that of a man, your vows those of a god.

  Voltaire

  Men, Vow, Your Destiny

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• Women accept their destiny more readily than men.

  Thomas Hardy

  Men, Accepting

  Thomas Hardy (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated)”, p.639, Delphi Classics

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• Knowing our personal mission further enhances the flow of mysterious coincidences as we are guided toward our destinies. First we have a question, then dreams, daydreams, and intuitions lead us toward the answers, which usually are synchronistically provided by the wisdom of another human being.

  James Redfield

  Dream, Spiritual, Knowing

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• At a moment that comes rarely in the life of a country. It is a time when destiny is ours to hold.

  Paul Martin

  Life, Country, Inspire

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• The destiny of America is to carry the gospel of Jesus Christ to all men everywhere.

  John Adams

  Bible, Jesus, Men

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• This is my destiny — I'm supposed to do this, dammit! Don't tell me what I can and can't do!

  John Locke

  My Destiny, I Can

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• I come here because it is fun. I have fun when I come here. I do not come here because I feel that I have any great responsibility for your beings or welfare. Who am I to set myself against the innate wisdom of your own individual being, or to take upon my invisible shoulders the great privilege or joyful responsibility for your behavior and destiny?

  Seth

  Fun, Responsibility, Privilege

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• Every man is working out his destiny in his own way and nobody can be of any help except by being kind, generous, and patient.

  Henry Miller

  Men, Work Out, Way

  Henry Miller, Norman Mailer (1976). “Genius and lust: a journey through the major writings of Henry Miller”, Grove Press

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• A year ago, six months ago, I thought that I was an artist. I no longer think about it, I am. Everything that was literature has fallen from me. There are no more books to be written, thank God. This then? This is not a book. This is libel, slander, defamation of character. This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of Art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty . . . what you will.

  Henry Miller

  Art, Book, Character

  Henry Miller, Mary V. Dearborn (2007). “Crazy Cock”, p.8, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The library is not, as some would have it, a place for the retiring of disposition or faint of heart. It is not an ivory tower or a quiet room in a sanitarium facing away from the afternoon sun. It is, rather, a command center, a power base. A board room, a war room. An Oval Office for all who preside over their own destinies. One does not retreat from the world here; one prepares to join it at an advantage.

  Eric Burns

  War, Heart, Ivory Tower

  Eric Burns (1995). “The Joy of Books: Confessions of a Lifelong Reader”

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• So be patient. Do not compromise. And give your destiny time to find you.

  Wade Davis

  Giving, Patient, Compromise

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• I now believe that bêtes noires usually attack because we're thwarting our own destinies. Calming the beast turns us toward our best lives.

  Martha Beck

  Believe, Calming, Beast

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• Carl Furillo was pure ballplayer. In his prime he stood six feet tall and weighed 190 pounds and there was a fluidity to his frame you seldom see, among such sinews. His black hair was thick, and tightly curled. His face was strong and smooth. He had the look of a young indomitable centurion ... I cannot imagine Carl Furillo in his prime as anything other than a ballplayer. Right field in Brooklyn was his destiny.

  Roger Kahn

  Strong, Feet, Hair

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• To follow your life's guidance, you may have to reassign some seemingly important things to 'unimportant.' If you believe that pleasing your horrible boss or having a spotless house is a higher priority than playing with your children or sleeping off the flu, be prepared for a long and strenuous battle against destiny. Also, be prepared to lose.

  Martha Beck

  Children, Believe, Sleep

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• Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.

  John Eldredge

  Design, Desire

  John Eldredge (2011). “Wild at Heart Revised and Updated: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul”, p.48, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• You will never realize your best destiny through the avoidance of fear.
  Rather, you will realize it through the exercise of courage, which
  means taking whatever action is most liberating to the soul, even when
  you are afraid.

  Martha Beck

  Mean, Exercise, Soul

  Martha Beck (2009). “Steering by Starlight: The Science and Magic of Finding Your Destiny”, p.44, Rodale

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