Jean-Jules Jusserand Quotes

So our future is in our own hands. What greater free will do we need?

We create our own destiny.

People make their own destinies.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

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

You shape your own destiny.

Fate is for losers.

The question I'm always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? Do we make history, or does history make us? Do we shape the world, or are we just shaped by it? The question of do we have agency in our lives or whether we are just passive victims of events is, I think, a great question, and one that I have always tried to ask.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.

Circumstances are beyond the control of man; but his conduct is in his own power.

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice.

The word 'fate' doesn't really mean much to me in some ways. I think we make our own.

The future is in our hands; we are masters of our own destiny.

I totally believe in opportunities. I don't believe in accidents. I just don't.

It's the coward who says, 'This is fate'...It's the strong who stands up & says 'I will make my fate'

We are not powerless. We have tremendous potential for good or ill. How we choose to use that power is up to us; but first we must choose to use it. We're told every day, You can't change the world. But the world is changing every day. Only question is who's doing it? You or somebody else?

Destiny planned out, I don't need no hand out.

Flying or falling, it's up to us.

We create our fate everyday

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am master of my fate and captain of my soul.

In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfilment of the best qualities of your own spirit.

We are both burdened and blessed by the great responsibility of the will - the power of choice. Our future is determined, in large part, by the choices we make now. We cannot always control our circumstances, but we can and do choose our response to whatever arises. Reclaiming the power of choice, we find the courage to live fully in the world.

Why do you complain of your fate when you could so easily change it?

To sit back and let fate play its hand out and never influence it is not the way man was meant to operate.