One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.

We are but as the instrument of Heaven.
Our work is not design, but destiny.

We are but as the instrument of Heaven.
Our work is not design, but destiny.

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.

In life, the only certainty is uncertainty.

In life, the only certainty is uncertainty.

The future works out great men's destinies;
The present is enough for common souls,
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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.

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

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

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.

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.

I can't control my destiny, I trust my soul, my only goal is just to be. There's only now, there's read more

I can't control my destiny, I trust my soul, my only goal is just to be. There's only now, there's only here. Give in to love or live in fear. No other path, no other way. No day but today.