Destiny Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about destiny.

Benjamin Disraeli

Benjamin Disraeli

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The wise man believes in destiny; the fickle one in chance.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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We were making our plans, but we forgot that destiny also has plans.

William Faulkner

William Faulkner

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What is considered blindness of fate is actually one's own myopia.

Friedrich Hebbel

Friedrich Hebbel

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We must act, not to go against destiny, but to go ahead of it.

Having raised the wall against the will of the immortal gods, it was not meant to stand for a long time.

Miserable mortals who, like leaves, are either flourishing and vigorous as they eat the fruits of the earth, or become lifeless and die.

Jean de La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine

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We often find our destiny on the paths we take to avoid it.

Bob Marley

Bob Marley

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Do not forget your history nor your destiny.

Giovanni Papini

Giovanni Papini

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Destiny does not reign without the secret complicity of instinct and will.

Benito Pérez Galdós

Benito Pérez Galdós

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Let each person follow their inclination, as inclinations are often lines or paths drawn by a very high finger, and no one, no matter how much they know, knows more than destiny.

Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa

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The destiny is like a person and stops bothering us if we show that we don't care about what it does to us.