Life Fate Quotes

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

Marcus Aurelius

Love, Inspirational, Valentines Day

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As long as we persist in our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow.

Denis Waitley

Perseverance, Destiny, Long

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It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

William Shakespeare

Love, Happiness, Being Yourself

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Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.

Henry Miller

Integrity, Commitment, Fate

Henry Miller (1941). “The Wisdom of the Heart”, p.22, New Directions Publishing

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There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (2012). “Leafs On An Idle Breeze - My Inspirational Poems (Annotated Edition)”, p.497, Jazzybee Verlag

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You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Steve Jobs

Life, Motivational, Success

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.41, Prabhat Prakashan

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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1939, Volume 8”, p.242, Best Books on

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Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

Thomas Merton

Love, Valentines Day, Fate

Thomas Merton (1979). “Love and Living”, p.32, Macmillan

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Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Steve Jobs

Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

"Edgewalkers: People and Organizations That Take Risks, Build Bridges, and". Book by Judi Neal, p. 163, October 30, 2006.

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If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

Amy Tan

Inspirational, Life, Change

Amy Tan (2003). “The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life”, p.47, Penguin

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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Jean de La Fontaine

Fate, Journey, Destiny

"The Fables of La Fontaine: Book VIII". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1678 - 1679.

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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.

William Jennings Bryan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

William Jennings Bryan, Mary Baird Bryan (1900). “The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan”

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Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.

Les Brown

Giving Up, Powerful, Mean

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Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

Elizabeth Bowen

Fate, Destiny, Eagles

The House in Paris pt. 2, ch. 2 (1935)

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I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

Gautama Buddha

Positive, Inspiring, Wise

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Love the people with whom fate brings you together

Marcus Aurelius

Valentines Day, Fate, Destiny

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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

Voltaire

Inspirational, Motivational, Yoga

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There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

Friedrich Schiller

Spiritual, Spring, Destiny

Early Dramas The Death of Wallenstein Act II, Scene III

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As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.

Denis Waitley

Inspirational, Success, Perseverance

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The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

James Allen

Inspirational, Birthday, Character

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Live your life to the fullest.

Shakira

Life, Birthday, Beauty

"I Know What I Stand For". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. November 29, 2009.

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Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Crush, Fate, Destiny

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You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.

Steve Jobs

Success, Trust, Karma

Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.

Joan of Arc

Faith, Courage, Believe

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Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Harry S. Truman

Patriotic, Fate, Destiny

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