Quotes about Destiny

"No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever."
-- Francois Muriac

"Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes."
-- Goethe

"Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them."
-- Henri Frederic Amiel

"Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny."
-- John Oliver Hobbes

"There is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that."
-- Oscar Wilde

"It appears I am destined for something; I will live."
-- Robert Clive

"Such as we are made of, such we be."
-- William Shakespeare

"It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time."
-- Winston Churchill