Whatever may befall you, it was preordained for you from everlasting.
- Topic: Destiny, Fate
- Location: Arches National Park
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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To offend a strong man, tell him a lie. To offend a weak man, tell him the truth.
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than others their opinions more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait.
One love, one heart, one destiny.
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Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature; it is our future that lays down the law of our today.
I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street.
Accept things to which fate binds you, love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
Whatever happens at all happens as it should; you will find this true, if you watch narrowly.