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Quotes of the Day for 24 January 2001 – Destiny
The dictionary suggests that our Destiny is predetermined, something that happens to us. In other words, a grand-sounding word for giving up. Not everyone agrees.
The quotes:
Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for; but rather something to be achieved.
- William Jennings Bryan
One meets one's destiny often in the road one takes to avoid it.
- French proverb
No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.
- Agnes de Mille
The highest destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.
- Albert Einstein
Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.
- Kin Hubbard
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