Are we as individuals prisoners of a fate that is beyond our control - or can we courageously escape to the freedom of being able to make our own destinies?
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“I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.” -Ronald Reagan (Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911 - 2004)): First Inaugural address (20 January 1981)
“We each choose between two lives: the one given to us, and the one we can make.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
“A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.” -Robert F. Bennett (born 1933)
“Don’t let anyone tell you what you can or cannot do, or cannot achieve. Just don’t allow it. It’s wrong. It’s so wrong. Be what you want to be - and prove them wrong.” -Emma Watson (Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 1990))
“I am master of my own destiny, and I can make my life anything that I wish it to be.” -John Dennis McDonald (1906 - 1998)
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‘Determinism’ is a belief that events are controlled by external forces which are beyond our control, while ‘Free Will’ is the idea that we can have an effect on events.
“Life is a compromise between fate and free will.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915)): “A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard” (1911), page 36
“Your life is in your hands, to make of it what you choose.” -John Kehoe
“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 (1850 - 1919): Maurine: And Other Poems” (1888), ‘Will,’ page 145
“You can begin to shape your own destiny by the attitude that you keep.” -Michael Beckwith
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Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
-Frank Outlaw: as quoted “Farmer’s Digest,” Vol. 42 (1978), page 20; also in “A Treasury of Days: 365 Thoughts on the Art of Living” (1983) by Dee Danner Barwick, page 23
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“We are what we think. We are what we say. We are what we believe. We are what we do. So isn’t it wonderful that we are completely in charge of all that we are?” -Regina Cates
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“No fate, but what we make.” -Author Unknown
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“I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.” -Ronald Reagan (Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911 - 2004)): First Inaugural address (20 January 1981)
“We each choose between two lives: the one given to us, and the one we can make.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
“A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control.” -Robert F. Bennett (born 1933)
“Don’t let anyone tell you what you can or cannot do, or cannot achieve. Just don’t allow it. It’s wrong. It’s so wrong. Be what you want to be - and prove them wrong.” -Emma Watson (Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 1990))
“I am master of my own destiny, and I can make my life anything that I wish it to be.” -John Dennis McDonald (1906 - 1998)
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‘Determinism’ is a belief that events are controlled by external forces which are beyond our control, while ‘Free Will’ is the idea that we can have an effect on events.
“Life is a compromise between fate and free will.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915)): “A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard” (1911), page 36
“Your life is in your hands, to make of it what you choose.” -John Kehoe
“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 (1850 - 1919): Maurine: And Other Poems” (1888), ‘Will,’ page 145
“You can begin to shape your own destiny by the attitude that you keep.” -Michael Beckwith
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Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
-Frank Outlaw: as quoted “Farmer’s Digest,” Vol. 42 (1978), page 20; also in “A Treasury of Days: 365 Thoughts on the Art of Living” (1983) by Dee Danner Barwick, page 23
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“We are what we think. We are what we say. We are what we believe. We are what we do. So isn’t it wonderful that we are completely in charge of all that we are?” -Regina Cates
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“No fate, but what we make.” -Author Unknown
“When one’s life begins to feel like being a bird imprisoned in a cage, one might try to find an open door somewhere that leads to freedom.” -Author Unknown
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“We make our own fortunes and we call them fate.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881): “Miriam Alroy” (1870)
“Every man makes his own fate.” [Non-literal modern parlance]
“Every man is the architect of his own fortune.” [translation to English]
“Faber est suae quisque fortunae.” [original Latin]
-Claudius (Appius Claudius Caecus (340 B.C.E. - 273 B.C.E.))
“Create your own destiny, because if you don’t, others will.” -Author Unknown
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“If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of wonder and thanksgiving.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“Destiny is not a 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 (1860 - 1925): speech (22 February 1899) in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
“Your word is your magic wand. The words you speak create your own destiny.” -Florence Scovel Shinn (1871 - 1940)
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“Up to a point a man’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about him. Then there comes a time when it lies within his grasp to shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he wishes to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race, lack of good fortune, or the quirks of fate. Everyone has it within his power to say, ‘This I am today, that I will be tomorrow.’” -Louis L’Amour (born Louis Dearborn LaMoore (1908 - 1988))
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” -C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963))
“A man’s fate is his own temper; and according to that will be his opinion as to the particular manner in which the course of events is regulated. A consistent man believes in destiny - a capricious man in chance.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881): “Vivian Grey” (1826), ‘A Visit to a Celebrated Diplomatist’
“If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.” -William McFee (1881 - 1966)
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Cassius: Men at some time are masters of their fate:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
-William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Julius Caesar” (1599), Act I, Scene 2, lines 230 through 232
Often paraphrased as, “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” -William Shakespeare
“Destiny is all about the choices we make and the chances we take.” -Author Unknown
“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” -Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)
“Man was predestined to have free will.” -Hal Lee Luyah
“You are the designer of your destiny. You are the author, you write the story, the pen is in your hand, and the outcome is whatever you choose.” -Abraham Hicks (via Esther Hicks (born 1948))
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.
-W. E. Henley (William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)): “Invictus” (1875); type of work: poem
“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 (Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown (born 1945))
“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.” -G. K. Chesterton (Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936))
“Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.” -Euripides (about 480 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.): “Bellerophon,” fragment 298: as quoted in Arthur Richard Shilleto, editor and translator: “Plutarch’s Morals: Ethical Essays” (1888), page 293
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009))
“No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.” -Agnes de Mille (1905 - 1993)
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“We make our own fortunes and we call them fate.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881): “Miriam Alroy” (1870)
“Every man makes his own fate.” [Non-literal modern parlance]
“Every man is the architect of his own fortune.” [translation to English]
“Faber est suae quisque fortunae.” [original Latin]
-Claudius (Appius Claudius Caecus (340 B.C.E. - 273 B.C.E.))
“Create your own destiny, because if you don’t, others will.” -Author Unknown
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“If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of wonder and thanksgiving.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“Destiny is not a 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 (1860 - 1925): speech (22 February 1899) in Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
“Your word is your magic wand. The words you speak create your own destiny.” -Florence Scovel Shinn (1871 - 1940)
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“Up to a point a man’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and movements and changes in the world about him. Then there comes a time when it lies within his grasp to shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he wishes to be. Only the weak blame parents, their race, lack of good fortune, or the quirks of fate. Everyone has it within his power to say, ‘This I am today, that I will be tomorrow.’” -Louis L’Amour (born Louis Dearborn LaMoore (1908 - 1988))
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” -C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963))
“A man’s fate is his own temper; and according to that will be his opinion as to the particular manner in which the course of events is regulated. A consistent man believes in destiny - a capricious man in chance.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881): “Vivian Grey” (1826), ‘A Visit to a Celebrated Diplomatist’
“If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.” -William McFee (1881 - 1966)
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Cassius: Men at some time are masters of their fate:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
-William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Julius Caesar” (1599), Act I, Scene 2, lines 230 through 232
Often paraphrased as, “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” -William Shakespeare
“Destiny is all about the choices we make and the chances we take.” -Author Unknown
“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” -Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)
“Man was predestined to have free will.” -Hal Lee Luyah
“You are the designer of your destiny. You are the author, you write the story, the pen is in your hand, and the outcome is whatever you choose.” -Abraham Hicks (via Esther Hicks (born 1948))
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.
-W. E. Henley (William Ernest Henley (1849 - 1903)): “Invictus” (1875); type of work: poem
“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 (Leslie Calvin ‘Les’ Brown (born 1945))
“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.” -G. K. Chesterton (Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936))
“Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.” -Euripides (about 480 B.C.E. - 406 B.C.E.): “Bellerophon,” fragment 298: as quoted in Arthur Richard Shilleto, editor and translator: “Plutarch’s Morals: Ethical Essays” (1888), page 293
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009))
“No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.” -Agnes de Mille (1905 - 1993)
“A wise man shall overrule his stars, and have a greater influence upon his own content than all the constellations and planets of the firmament.” -Jeremy Taylor (1613 - 1667): as quoted in Reginald Heber: “The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor” (1822), book IV, chapter II, section vi
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“Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.” -Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904): “Character” (1871), page 371
“A belief in an unchangeable, fixed destiny is fatalism, which commonly happens in the absence of hope and optimism.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of man. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881): “Vivian Grey” (1827), volume II, book VI, chapter 7
“Do not take the agenda that someone else has mapped out for your life.” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947))
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“Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.” -Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904): “Character” (1871), page 371
“A belief in an unchangeable, fixed destiny is fatalism, which commonly happens in the absence of hope and optimism.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of man. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881): “Vivian Grey” (1827), volume II, book VI, chapter 7
“Do not take the agenda that someone else has mapped out for your life.” -John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947))
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The Winds of Fate
One ship drives east and another drives west
With the selfsame winds that blow.
‘Tis the set of the sails
And not the gales
Which tells us the way to go.
Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate;
As we voyage along through life,
‘Tis the set of a soul
That decides its goal,
And not the calm or the strife.
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919) (1916)
One ship drives east and another drives west
With the selfsame winds that blow.
‘Tis the set of the sails
And not the gales
Which tells us the way to go.
Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate;
As we voyage along through life,
‘Tis the set of a soul
That decides its goal,
And not the calm or the strife.
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919) (1916)
“When fate hands us a lemon, let’s try to make a lemonade.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955))): “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living” (1944)
“He picked up the lemons that Fate had sent him and started a lemonade-stand.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915)): “Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard” (1922), page 237
Here’s a sigh to those who love me,
And a smile to those who hate;
And, whatever sky’s above me,
Here’s a heart for every fate.
-George Gordon Noel Byron (also known as Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)): “To Thomas Moore” (1817), stanza 2
“He picked up the lemons that Fate had sent him and started a lemonade-stand.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915)): “Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard” (1922), page 237
Here’s a sigh to those who love me,
And a smile to those who hate;
And, whatever sky’s above me,
Here’s a heart for every fate.
-George Gordon Noel Byron (also known as Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)): “To Thomas Moore” (1817), stanza 2
“If you don’t like the road you’re on, find another one.” -Author Unknown
“Some people succeed because they are destined but most because they are determined.” -Author Unknown
And now for your Personal Destiny anagram: The letters in the word ‘predestination’ can be rearranged to spell the phrase ‘I pertain to ends.’
“The sin, both of men and of angels, was rendered possible by the fact that God gave them free will.” -C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963)): “Miracles” (1947)
“Whatever limits us we call Fate.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
“Our history is not our destiny.” -Alan Cohen: as quoted in Eric Allenbaugh: “Wake-Up Calls: You Don’t Have to Sleepwalk Through Your Life, Love, or Career!”
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“Control your own destiny or someone else will.” -Jack Welch (John Francis ‘Jack’ Welch, Junior (born 1935))
“Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us, but in what we make out of what they do to us.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 - 1969)
“It is almost more important how a person takes his fate than what it is.” -Wilhelm von Humboldt (Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt (1767 - 1835))
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“We must believe in free will - we have no choice.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer (born Izaak Zynger or Icek Zynger (1903 - 1991)): as quoted in Stefan Kanfer, author: ‘Isaac Singer’s Promised City’ published in the “City Journal” (Summer 1997) magazine
“Personality, too, is destiny.” -Erik Erikson (1902 - 1994)
“Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1848 - 1924))
“If you don’t run your own life, somebody else will.” -John Atkinson
“My will shall shape my future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own. I am the force: I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice, my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.” -Elaine Maxwell
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“He who picks up one end of a stick picks up the other. He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 - 1969)
All are architects of Fate,
Working in these walls of Time;
Some with massive deeds and great,
Some with ornaments of rhyme.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882): “The Builders” (1849), ‘The Seaside and the Fireside,’ stanza 1
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” -Jimmy Dean
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“Be a creator of circumstances rather than just a creature of circumstances. Be proactive rather than reactive.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944)
“Whatever the place allocated us by providence, that is for us the post of honor and duty. God estimates us not by the position we are in, but by the way in which we fill it.” -Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern” (1891) page 545
“Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))
“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. They have within themselves the power to become free at any moment.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt (Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)): address to the Pan American Union (14 April 1939)
“It’s choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.” -Jean Nidetch (Jean Evelyn Nidetch (1923 - 2015))
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“If you don’t take charge of shaping your destiny, others will do it for you.” -Eric Allenbaugh
“We create our fate every day we live.” -Henry Miller (Henry Valentine Miller (1891 - 1980))
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“Do not allow circumstances or people to determine your fate. Look beyond your immediate circumstances and the nearby people to the greater and ever-expanding horizon of all possibilities.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
I do not know beneath what sky
Nor on what seas shall be thy fate;
I only know it shall be high,
I only know it shall be great.
-Richard Hovey: “Unmanifest Destiny”
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We are MFOL! . . . and we believe you should be free to decide your own destiny . . .
“Some people succeed because they are destined but most because they are determined.” -Author Unknown
And now for your Personal Destiny anagram: The letters in the word ‘predestination’ can be rearranged to spell the phrase ‘I pertain to ends.’
“The sin, both of men and of angels, was rendered possible by the fact that God gave them free will.” -C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963)): “Miracles” (1947)
“Whatever limits us we call Fate.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
“Our history is not our destiny.” -Alan Cohen: as quoted in Eric Allenbaugh: “Wake-Up Calls: You Don’t Have to Sleepwalk Through Your Life, Love, or Career!”
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“Control your own destiny or someone else will.” -Jack Welch (John Francis ‘Jack’ Welch, Junior (born 1935))
“Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us, but in what we make out of what they do to us.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 - 1969)
“It is almost more important how a person takes his fate than what it is.” -Wilhelm von Humboldt (Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt (1767 - 1835))
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“We must believe in free will - we have no choice.” -Isaac Bashevis Singer (born Izaak Zynger or Icek Zynger (1903 - 1991)): as quoted in Stefan Kanfer, author: ‘Isaac Singer’s Promised City’ published in the “City Journal” (Summer 1997) magazine
“Personality, too, is destiny.” -Erik Erikson (1902 - 1994)
“Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1848 - 1924))
“If you don’t run your own life, somebody else will.” -John Atkinson
“My will shall shape my future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own. I am the force: I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice, my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.” -Elaine Maxwell
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“He who picks up one end of a stick picks up the other. He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 - 1969)
All are architects of Fate,
Working in these walls of Time;
Some with massive deeds and great,
Some with ornaments of rhyme.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882): “The Builders” (1849), ‘The Seaside and the Fireside,’ stanza 1
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” -Jimmy Dean
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“Be a creator of circumstances rather than just a creature of circumstances. Be proactive rather than reactive.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944)
“Whatever the place allocated us by providence, that is for us the post of honor and duty. God estimates us not by the position we are in, but by the way in which we fill it.” -Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern” (1891) page 545
“Your life will be no better than the plans you make and the action you take. You are the architect and builder of your own life, fortune, destiny.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))
“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. They have within themselves the power to become free at any moment.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt (Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)): address to the Pan American Union (14 April 1939)
“It’s choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.” -Jean Nidetch (Jean Evelyn Nidetch (1923 - 2015))
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“If you don’t take charge of shaping your destiny, others will do it for you.” -Eric Allenbaugh
“We create our fate every day we live.” -Henry Miller (Henry Valentine Miller (1891 - 1980))
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“Do not allow circumstances or people to determine your fate. Look beyond your immediate circumstances and the nearby people to the greater and ever-expanding horizon of all possibilities.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
I do not know beneath what sky
Nor on what seas shall be thy fate;
I only know it shall be high,
I only know it shall be great.
-Richard Hovey: “Unmanifest Destiny”
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