Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.


On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.


I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Destiny

Think you I bear the shear of Destiny?
Have I commandment on the pulse of life? …..William Shakespeare

We are but the instrument of heaven;
Our work is not design, but Destiny. ….Lord Edward Lytton

Character is Destiny. …..Hereclitus

Your Destiny is determined by choice; -Not by chance. ……Jean Nidetch

The chain of Destiny can only be grasped one link at a time. …..Winston Churchill

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives;
And create a monster called Destiny. …..John Oliver Hobbes

And when man faces Destiny;
Destiny ends, and man comes into his own. …..Andre Malraux

Every man has his own Destiny;
The only imperative to follow it, to accept it;
No matter where it leads him. …..Henry Miller

Such is the Destiny of all who forget God;
So perishes the hope of the godless. ……Job 8:13

One often meets his Destiny in the road he takes to avoid it. …..French Proverb.

The highest Destiny of man is to serve rather than to rule. ……Albert Einstrin

Accept the things to which fate binds you;
And love the people with whom fate brings you together.
This is your Destiny. …..Marcus Aelius Aurelius

Sow an act, .… reap an habit.
Sow an habit, .…. reap a character.
Sow a character, ….reap a Destiny. ……George Dana Bordman

Destiny is not a matter of chance, but a matter of choice.
It is not a thing to be waited for;…It is thing to be achieved. …..William Jennings Bryan

Our Destiny rules over us, even when we are not aware of it.
It is the future that makes laws for us today. …..Friedrich Wilheim Nietzsche

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives;
And create a monster they call- Destiny. ……John Oliver Hobbes

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