Destiny Quotations | Page 9

Haply for I am black, And have not those soft parts of conversation That chamberers have; or for I am declined Into the vale of years—yet that’s not much— She’s gone. I am abused, and my relief Must be to loathe her. O curse of marriage, That we can call these delicate creatures ours And not their appetites! I had rather be a toad And live upon the vapor of a dungeon Than keep a corner in the thing I love For others’ uses. Yet ’tis the plague of great ones; Prerogatived are they less than the base. ’Tis destiny unshunnable, like death.

But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live.

Eventually we must leave Earth-at least a certain number of our progeny must as our sun approaches the end of its solar life cycle. But just as terrestrial explorers have always led the way for settlers, this will also happen extraterrestrially. Earth is our cradle, not our final destiny.

If I venture to displace ... the microscopical speck of dust... on the point of my finger,... I have done a deed which shakes the Moon in her path, which causes the Sun to be no longer the Sun, and which alters forever the destiny of multitudinous myriads of stars.

The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities.

As long as we persist in our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow.

Commitment is that turning point in your life when you seize the moment to alter your destiny.

Endings are not our destiny...They are merely interruptions-temporary pauses that one day will seem small compared to the eternal joy awaiting the faithful.

It is often in the trial of adversity that we learn those most critical lessons that form our character and shape our destiny.

Our destiny is not determined by the number of times we stumble but by the number of times we rise up, dust ourselves off, and move forward.