50 Stunning Quotes About Discovering Your Destiny

“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.”

— Thomas Merton, amazon.com

“Destiny doesn't always come when it's convenient or when you think it should. It comes when you're ready, whether you know it or not.”

— Kelly Thompson, amazon.com

“Destiny deals you your hand and what you do with the cards is up to you.”

— Kenneth Eade, amazon.com

“Some things are destined to be -- it just takes us a couple of tries to get there.”

— J.R. Ward, amazon.com

“Maybe there isn’t such a thing as fate. Maybe it’s just the opportunities we’re given, and what we do with them. I’m beginning to think that maybe great, epic romances don’t just happen. We have to make them ourselves”

— Marissa Meyer, amazon.com

“We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair.”

— Philip Pullman, amazon.com

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”

— Lisa Mantchev, amazon.com

“I knew it like destiny, and at the same time, I knew it as choice.”

— Jeanette Winterson, amazon.com

“Almost nothing important that ever happens to you happens because you engineer it. Destiny has no beeper; destiny always leans trenchcoated out of an alley with some sort of 'psst' that you usually can't even hear because you're in such a rush to or from something important you've tried to engineer.”

— David Foster Wallace, amazon.com

“Your soul knows the geography of your destiny. Your soul alone has the map of your future, therefore you can trust this indirect, oblique side of yourself. If you do, it will take you where you need to go, but more important it will teach you a kindness of rhythm in your journey.”

— John O'Donohue, amazon.com

“We are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.”

— Garth Stein, amazon.com

“Don't confuse poor decision -- making with destiny. Own your mistakes. It’s ok. We all make them. Learn from them so they can empower you!”

— Steve Maraboli, amazon.com

“There are winds of destiny that blow when we least expect them. Sometimes they gust with the fury of a hurricane, sometimes they barely fan one’s cheek. But the winds cannot be denied, bringing as they often do a future that is impossible to ignore.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon, amazon.com

“What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free to change this destiny. One is not in bondage to the past, which has shaped…”

— Anaïs Nin, amazon.com

“Fate doesn’t guarantee us a happy ending. We’re not promised to be together no matter what. But in dimension after dimension, world after world, fate gives us a chance. Our destiny isn’t some kind of mystical prophecy. Our destiny is what we do with that chance.”

— Claudia Gray, amazon.com

“Our destiny is aligned with our heart's innermost longing, a longing embedded within our soul before birth. This longing is a unique pattern or configuration reminiscent of the constellations in the night sky. When we express (press out) our unique configuration, it shines through us with an otherwo…”

— Thea Euryphaessa,, amazon.com

“Does our purpose on Earth directly link to the people whom we end up meeting? Are our relationships and experiences actually the required dots that connect and then lead us to our ultimate destinies?”

— Jennifer Elisabeth, amazon.com

“Remember how far you’ve come, and you won’t have to rely on a destiny for your future. It will come on your own.”

— Shannon A. Thompson, amazon.com

“The mystery of human destiny is that we are fated, but that we have the freedom to fulfill or not fulfill our fate: realization of our fated destiny depends on us. While inhuman beings like the cockroach realize the entire cycle without going astray because they make no choices.”

— Clarice Lispector, amazon.com

“Fate is just another word for people's choices coming to a head. Destiny, coincidence, whatever you name it. It inevitably lies in our hands.”

— Tiffanie DeBartolo, amazon.com

“Life is not only about the choices you make. That some of them will be made for you.”

— Nafisa Haji, amazon.com

“That's the thing about destiny: It can't be predicted, and it's usually pretty odd.”

— Jasper Fforde, amazon.com

“'What would I do if you never came here?' But I was ALWAYS coming here. I thought about one of my favorite Sufi poems, which says that God long ago drew a circle in the sand exactly around the spot where you are standing right now. I was never not coming here. This was never not going to happen.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com

“The truth is revealed when you are ready to receive it when you need it in order to move forward to take the next step in your journey. To move on toward your destiny.”

— Alyson Noël, amazon.com

“Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you.”

— Darren Shan, amazon.com

“It's a funny thing, how much time we spend planning our lives. We so convince ourselves of what we want to do, that sometimes we don't see what we're meant to do.”

— Susan Gregg Gilmore, amazon.com

“Each meeting occurs at the precise moment for which it was meant. Usually, when it will have the greatest impact on our lives.”

— Nadia Scrieva, amazon.com

“I believe we make our own destinies, every last one of us.”

— Morgan Rhodes, amazon.com

“Destiny is a worrying concept. I don't want to be fated, I want to choose.”

— Jeanette Winterson, amazon.com