Destiny

“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

“Our fate is shaped from within ourselves outward, never from without inward.”
Jacques Lusseyran

“You can run from your dreams in fear or you can run to your dreams with faith.”
Tina Downey

"If you want to know your past - look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future - look into your present actions."
Chinese Proverb

“It is what you do before the storm comes that matters most.”

Unknown

“We become what we think about.”  

Earl Nightingale

“We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong.  The amount of work required is the same.” 

Carlos Castaneda

"Never be bullied into silence.  Never allow yourself to be made a victim.  Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself."
Harvey Fierstein

“Even if your on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.”
Will Rogers


“Have the discipline to listen to your heart, and then have the courage to follow.”
Ron Polack


“Unless you change who you are, you will always have what you’ve got. We can have more than we’ve got because we can become more than we are.”
Jim Rohn


“Lacking a compelling sense of direction, few employees feel a compelling sense of responsibility for competitiveness. Most people won’t go that extra mile unless they know where they are heading.”
Hamel & Prahalad, Competing for the Future


“As human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.”
Stephen R. Covey


“Most people live in a very restricted circle of their potential being. We all have reservoirs of energy and genius to draw upon of which we do not dream.”
William James


“It is not the cards you are dealt but what you do with them that counts.”
Randy Pausch


“Nothing is more liberating than becoming the author of one’s own destiny.”
Hamel & Prahalad, Competing for the Future

“The best use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.”
William James

“The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”
Joseph Campbell

“If you don’t know where you are going, then any road will get you there.”
Author unknown

“Never allow your history to dictate your future.”
Andrew J. Sherman

“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
Abraham Lincoln

“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
Jimmy Dean

“I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint -- and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.”
Oprah Winfrey

“Every decision you make - every decision - is not a decision about what to do. It's a decision about Who You Are. When you see this, when you understand it, everything changes. You begin to see life in a new way. All events, occurrences, and situations turn into opportunities to do what you came here to do.”
Neale Donald Walsch

“It is often in the trial of adversity that we learn those most critical lessons that form our character and shape our destiny.”
Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution.”
Bob Proctor

"A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances."
Napoleon Hill

“There are only two types of people in the universe—those who act and those who are acted upon.”
Unknown

"We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day."
Richard G. Scott

“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”
Denis Waitley

“You can’t change your situation if you do not change your mind.”
Unknown

“Whatever angers us, controls us.”
 Unknown

“Decision determine destiny. You can’t make a decision without consequences.”
 Thomas S. Monson

"Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. The desires we act on determine our changing, our achieving, and our becoming."
Dallin H. Oaks

“We forge the chains we wear in life.”
Charles Dickens