Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power.
It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race, now I realize what we all are. If only they [people] could all see themselves as they really are I suppose the big problem would be that we would fall down and worship each other At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusions, a point of pure truth This little point is the pure glory of God in us. It is in everybody.
Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.
Nietzsche. . . argues that all that passes in the life of a society is ephemeral and banausic except for the presence of great personalities, of men like Goethe. . . who seem to forge their own destinies, who seem to move unhampered by those burdens of existence which keep most men from rising above the vicissitudes of their daily toil.
Coincidences are spiritual puns.
Your destiny is not determined by your critics. Focus on running your own race.
Decisions, they shape our destiny.
The only way to protect our people, the only way to secure the peace, the only way to control our destiny is by our leadership -- so the United States of America will continue to lead
To be in Christ - that makes you fit for heaven; but for Christ to be in you - that makes you fit for earth! To be in Christ changes your destination; but for Christ to be in you - that changes your destiny! The one makes heaven your home - the other makes this world His workshop.
Every person, young and old, has had his own personal experience with falling. Falling is what we mortals do. But as long as we are willing to rise up again and continue on the path toward the spiritual goals God has given us, we can learn something from failure and become better and happier as a result. My dear friends, no matter how many times you have slipped or fallen, rise up! Your destiny is a glorious one! Stand tall and walk in the light of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ! You are stronger than you realize. You are more capable than you can imagine. You can do it now!
It was my destiny to love and say goodbye.
Even as the unborn babe is in the womb of his mother, these five are fixed as his life destiny: his life span, his activities, his acquisition of wealth and knowledge, and his time of death.
But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided.
The fact that Abraham Lincoln ever, ever became President is either a freak accident of history. . . or destiny; God's providence to America.
It's not arrogance, it's just destiny.
The higher purpose of # astrology is not to try to change one's destiny, but to fulfill it through growing in awareness
Poetry can add its grain to an accumulation of consciousness against the idea that there is no alternative - that we're just in the great flow of capitalism and it can never be any different - that this is human destiny, this is human nature.
Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny
I face my demons and embrace my fate.
If it is our destiny to be hit by the train, we will be hit by the train. The only thing we can change is how the train turns us into a hamburger.
