Character is fate. (Destiny)

Character is fate. (Destiny)

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.

A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that read more

A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him.

I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who read more

I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.

I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times read more

I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person.

For rarely man escapes his destiny.
[It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]

For rarely man escapes his destiny.
[It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]

We shall be winnowed with so rough a wind
That even our corn shall seem as light as chaff
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We shall be winnowed with so rough a wind
That even our corn shall seem as light as chaff
And good from bad find no partition.

It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one read more

It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.

If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.

If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.