It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The future works out great men's destinies;
The present is enough for common souls,
Who, never looking read more

The future works out great men's destinies;
The present is enough for common souls,
Who, never looking forward, are indeed
Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age
Are petrified forever.

My death and life,
My bane and antidote, are both before me.

My death and life,
My bane and antidote, are both before me.

Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.

Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.

Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before read more

Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before the faithful, blood before the unbeliever.

I feel that I am a man of destiny.
[Ger., Ich fuhl 's das ich der Mann des Schicksals read more

I feel that I am a man of destiny.
[Ger., Ich fuhl 's das ich der Mann des Schicksals bin.]

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

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

All, soon or late, are doom'd that path to tread.

All, soon or late, are doom'd that path to tread.

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

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