If you need to get inspired, take a look at these sayings. And if we missed one you think belongs here, tell us about it.
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart. - Marcus Aurelius
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her. But once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game. - Voltaire
Men are not prisoners of Fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. - Franklin Roosevelt
Many men would take the death sentence without a whimper to escape the life sentence which Fate carries in her hand. - T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia)
We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets. - Sir Karl Popper
How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is. - Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt
As long as we are persistent in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time. - Denis Waitley
A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder.
- Eileen Caddy
Control your destiny or somebody else will.
- Jack Welch
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
- Henry David Thoreau
When love feels like magic, you call it destiny. When destiny has a sense of humor, you call it serendipity.
- Serendipity (movie)
Every individual has a place to fill in the world and it important in some respect whether he chooses to be or not.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
You are the master of your own destiny. Use your strengths well. They are the keys to your destiny and your success in life. Once you know yourself and take action to realize your dreams, you can unlock the doors to your own potential. - Neil Somerville
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. - Beverly Sills
We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams. - Les (Lester Louis) Brown
Take control of your destiny. Believe in yourself. Ignore those who try to discourage you. Avoid negative sources, people, places, things and habits. Don't give up and don't give in. - Wanda Carter
The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny. - Norman Cousins
Let us follow our destiny, ebb and flow. Whatever may happen, we master fortune by accepting it. - Virgil
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. - Anthony Robbins
The highest destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule. - Albert Einstein
One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it. - French Proverb
You are what your deep driving desire is; As your deep driving desire is, so is your will; As your will is so is your deed; As your deed is so is your destiny. - Maitri Upanishads
Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you reach your destiny. - Carl Schurz
As long as we are persistent in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time. - Denis Waitley
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 Swett Marden
Sow a thought and you reap an act;
Sow an act and you reap a habit;
Sow a habit and you reap a character;
Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Find the thread of your life and follow it. - Manifest Your Potential.com