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Quotes about destiny
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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. (Sandburg Carl)
We are made for larger ends than Earth can encompass. Oh, let us be true to our exalted destiny. (Sandburg Carl)
I have a feeling this is destiny. [On the eve of her third marriage] (Sandburg Carl)
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. (Sandburg Carl)
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We write our own destiny; we become what we do. (Sandburg Carl)
It appears I am destined for something; I will live. (Sandburg Carl)
Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when the gods say no. I have no idea how they bring pressure to bear on such occasions; I only know that it is irresistible. (Sandburg Carl)
I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them. (Sandburg Carl)
A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance. (Sandburg Carl)
Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny. (Sandburg Carl)
And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule, or to impose himself in any other way. (Sandburg Carl)
Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny. (Sandburg Carl)
Fate, then, is a name for facts not yet passed under the fire of thought; for causes which are unpenetrated. (Sandburg Carl)
A strict belief, fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand there is comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers. (Sandburg Carl)
Remember that you are an actor in a drama, of such a part as it may please the master to assign you, for a long time or for a little as he may choose. And if he will you to take the part of a poor man, or a cripple, or a ruler, or a private citizen, then may you act that part with grace! For to act well the part that is allotted to us, that indeed is ours to do, but to choose it is another s. (Sandburg Carl)
Failure or success seem to have been allotted to men by their stars. But they retain the power of wriggling, of fighting with their star or against it, and in the whole universe the only really interesting movement is this wriggle. (Sandburg Carl)
I must in the face of a storm, think, live and die as a king. (Sandburg Carl)
Anatomy is destiny. (Sandburg Carl)
The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinion of its young people, those under twenty-five. (Sandburg Carl)
Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid. (Sandburg Carl)
We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours. (Sandburg Carl)
The destiny of man is in his own soul (Sandburg Carl)
Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny. (Sandburg Carl)
Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. (Sandburg Carl)
Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. (Sandburg Carl)
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