Destiny Quotes

There is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.

Nothing has turned out as we expected! It never does. Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect. We take what we get and are thankful it’s no worse than it is. (“Gone with the Wind”)

Destiny is something we’ve invented because we can’t stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental.

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. No trumpets sound when the important decisions of life are made. Destiny is made known silently.

How easy ’tis when Destiny proves kind: With full-spread sails to run before the wind!

We are all sure of two things, at least; we shall suffer and we shall all die.

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.

I have been saved, destiny has chosen me, providence has preserved me. (after he survived an assassination attempt)

We write our own destiny. We become what we do.

Destiny, n. A tyrant’s authority for crime and fool’s excuse for failure.