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.

For I am a weed,
Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail,
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For I am a weed,
Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail,
Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail.

Think you I bear the shears of destiny?
Have I commandment on the pulse of life?

Think you I bear the shears of destiny?
Have I commandment on the pulse of life?

No living man can send me to the shades
Before my time; no man of woman born,
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No living man can send me to the shades
Before my time; no man of woman born,
Coward or brave, can shun his destiny.

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

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

Dreams are like stars...you may never touch them, but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny.

Dreams are like stars...you may never touch them, but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny.

We are what we must
And not what we would be. I know that one hour
Assures read more

We are what we must
And not what we would be. I know that one hour
Assures not another. The will and the power
Are diverse.

Unseen hands delay
The coming of what oft seems close in ken,
And, contrary, the moment, when read more

Unseen hands delay
The coming of what oft seems close in ken,
And, contrary, the moment, when we say
"'Twill never come!" comes on us even then.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.