Quotes about Destiny

If [we] have no chosen the kingdom of God [first], it will make in the end no difference what [we] have chosen instead.

If there is a single lesson I have learned, it is this: in life, we are destined to lose many things. That is the nature of life. Never mind. Just don't lose the present. Nothing is worth it. There is nothing more important than "this," the fullness of life right now.

We are the masters of our fate.

To all of us comes that moment in life when we are literally tapped on the shoulder to do a very special thing unique to ourselves and our talents. What a pity if that moment finds us unprepared.

Long before Abraham's servant traveled to Mesopotamia, God had appointed Rebekah to be the bride of Isaac. "The angel of the LORD will direct you," Abraham told the servant. "He'll lead you to the one.

There are no coincidences in God's providence.

It is easier to command a lapdog or a mule for a whole day than one's own fate for half-an-hour.

I believe that the attacks on your life have much more to do with who you might be in the future than who you have been in the past.

God uniquely created your DNA and knit your frame in secret so he could surprise the world. He authored how your heart expresses itself; he was the architect of your smile and the melody of your voice; he made all of your features with the fondest thoughts of only you in mind. He celebrated along with your parents your first smile and watched with affection your first steps.

I don't believe in coincidence. I just think that all things work together for good.

What you can become is the miracle you were born to be through the work that you do.

When God contemplates some great work, He begins it by the hand of some poor, weak, human creature, to whom He afterwards gives aid.