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Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away. O, that that earth which kept the world in awe Should patch a wall t' expel the winter's flaw!

Let Hercules himself do what he may, The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.

We shall be winnowed with so rough a wind That even our corn shall seem as light as chaff And good from bad find no partition.

Here burns my candle out; ay, here it dies, Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light.

Think you I bear the shears of destiny? Have I commandment on the pulse of life?

Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.

Fate is what happens to you when your luck runs out.

In life, the only certainty is uncertainty.

It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.

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.

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

It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.

To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives and create a monster they call destiny.

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.

Man's ultimate destiny is to become one with the Divine Power which governs and sustains the creation and its creatures.

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.

But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided.

Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.