Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved. William Jennings Bryan

• purpose
• destiny
• fate

It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny. Jean Nidetch

• goals
• destiny
• fate
• choice

Blaming destiny is a poor out for those who don't reach desired destinations. Malcom Forbes

• failure
• excuses
• destiny
• fate

Sow an action and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny. William James

• habit
• destiny
• character
• actions

Man is the master of thought, the molder of character, and the maker and shaper of condition, environment, and destiny. James Allen

• character
• circumstance
• thought
• destiny

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Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions. But when he realizes that he is a creative power, and that he may command the hidden soil and seeds of his being out of which circumstances grow, he then becomes the rightful master of himself. James Allen

• circumstance
• destiny

This is the source.

To every man there comes in his lifetime that special moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered that chance to do a very special thing, unique to him and fitted to his talents. Sir Winston Churchill

• destiny

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. Ella Wilcox

• determination
• destiny
• fate

You are where you are and what you are because of what you have done or failed to do. You are very much the architect of your own destiny. Brian Tracy

• responsibility
• destiny
• fate

If all the rest is common coin, then what is unique to the good man?

To welcome with affection what is sent by fate. Not to stain or disturb the spirit within him with a mess of false beliefs. Instead, to preserve it faithfully, by calmly obeying God - saying nothing untrue, doing nothing unjust. Marcus Aurelius

• destiny
• fate

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