At times, we were forced to go through a history of dependence, unable to determine our own destiny. But today, we are at the threshold of a new turning point. – Roh Moo-hyun
When you give kids the tools necessary to change their destiny, it’s really empowering. – Octavia Spencer
It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone’s disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business. – Ron Howard
Jesus may have had an immense sense of importance or destiny, but he never claimed to be the Son of God. – Paul Verhoeven
Everything happens for a reason. I’m used to it, I prepare for it. Like I say, at the end of the day, those in charge of their own destiny are going to do what’s right for them and their family. – Shaquille O’Neal
Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings. – R. D. Laing
Contraceptive protection is something every woman must have access to, to control her own destiny. – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
What is our destiny? Does it matter? Is it bound up with ‘our’ planet? In my opinion, yes. – Roy Harper
We approached Yahoo and Jerry Yang and said that Hadoop is going to continue to be popular, and as it does, more and more of your team is going to get poached by other companies and come under pressure to leave. This way, you can control your own fate and destiny. – Peter Fenton
When you’re at a certain point in your time – age, that is, when you’re older – you start to realize that, actually, what you leave behind you does count, and so you start to become fundamentally aware of your own destiny, which sounds very grand. It’s not grand at all, actually. – Ridley Scott
We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be. – Orison Swett Marden
Stardom happens – you can’t plan it – it’s destiny, and you shouldn’t stand between you and your destiny. I’m letting my destiny play its part, and I go by my gut feeling. If I like my role, I say yes; if I don’t, I just refuse, as simple as that. – Randeep Hooda
When you think of it, really there are four fundamental questions of life. You’ve asked them, I’ve asked them, every thinking person asks them. They boil down to this; origin, meaning, morality and destiny. ‘How did I come into being? What brings life meaning? How do I know right from wrong? Where am I headed after I die?’ – Ravi Zacharias
I think that when the social stakes for people are higher, how you present yourself may sometimes feel like it’s going to inform your destiny. Because if other people regard you in a certain way, they’ll want to help you, and you will end up having a career. – Rachel Kushner
Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire. – Orison Swett Marden
It’s destiny that pushed me towards showbiz. I wanted to start off as a technician, but out of compulsion, I became an actor. – Pawan Kalyan
When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward, I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine. – Robert Louis Stevenson
I would say one must just keep working hard and not lose faith. You don’t know when destiny is going to come your way, what opportunity comes your way. – Sunny Deol
To be called a sovereign nation, a nation has to be able to control its own borders. It is controlling your own destiny in a way, and we don’t control our own borders. – Tom Tancredo
Everywhere on the Continent, the tourist is looked upon as a bird to be plucked, and presently the bird himself feebly comes to regard plucking as his proper destiny and abjectly holds out his wing so long as there is a feather left on it. – Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Whether it’s destiny or fate or whatever, I don’t think I could do a French Laundry anywhere else. – Thomas Keller
Casting sometimes is fate and destiny more than skill and talent, from a director’s point of view. – Steven Spielberg
‘Masquerade’ is the autobiography of Wyclef Jean. A lot of people know me through my work with Carlos Santana or Destiny’s Child, winning all those Grammy Awards, but you do not know what is going on inside me. – Wyclef Jean