Owen Wister Quotes

Destiny ... a word which means more than we can find any definitions for. It is a word which can have no meaning in a mechanical universe: if that which is wound up must run down, what destiny is there in that? Destiny is not necessitarianism, and it is not caprice: it is something essentially meaningful. Each man has his destiny, though some men are undoubtedly "men of destiny" in a sense in which most men are not.

Destiny bears us to our lot, and destiny is perhaps our own will.

What people commonly call Fate is, as a general rule, nothing but their own stupid and foolish conduct.

You can work hard, do everything that you think is right, but one thing you'll never overcome in life is fate. You can't control fate.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

Destiny doesn't make mistakes.

I always believe in destiny.

But I believe in destiny and strongly feel that certain things are meant to happen and so they will happen.

I feel like whatever is meant is meant. I feel like this is already written.

It's all for a reason and all happened the way it was supposed to happen.

I've always said everything happens the way it's supposed to.

as I said,I believe in fate.Things happen as they are meant to be.We just have to recognize our destiny.

Fate cannot be sidestepped or outrun.

Destiny is the result of all your actions and the impressions that you have taken in.

I believed that the way passed through Man, and that it was from there that destiny had to emerge.

A person does not choose his or her fate; he or she only fulfills it. We are bound by our fate as long as we accept the values that determine it.

I'm a believer that things happen. Fate is what happens.

Love cannot save you from your own fate.

I've always sort of believed that the future takes care of itself.

I think some things are just meant to happen; you can't change your fate. Maybe we have a small amount of control.

My whole life has been decided by fate.

Everything works out how it should.

Fate is written in the face.

You will never get anything in your life which is not written in your destiny.

The stars played out the way they were supposed to play out, and I'm in the position I'm supposed to be in.