Destinies Quotes

We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense. - Barack Obama

We were standing together on stage and right before they started calling out the positions, one of the girls said, Best of luck to all of you. But its not about luck, its about one girls destiny... this time, it ended up being about two girls destinies. - Justine Pasek

We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to dominate or to master, so as to confirm ourselves as active agents, in control of our own destinies and worthy of respect from others. - Thomas S. Szasz

We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams. - Les Brown

We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed, destinies: unremitting banality and inconceivable terror. It is fantasy, served out in large rations by the popular arts, which allows most people to cope with these twin specters. - Susan Sontag

We human beings do have some genuine freedom of choice and therefore some effective control over our own destinies. I am not a determinist. But I also believe that the decisive choice is seldom the latest choice in the series. More often than not, it will turn out to be some choice made relatively far back in the past. - Arnold Toynbee

We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans. - Mangosuthu Buthelezi

We forget ourselves and our destinies in health, and the chief use of temporary sickness is to remind us of these concerns. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Under the philosophy that now seems to guide our destinies, nothing must get in the way of the man with the spray gun. - Rachel Carson

These young men see they are being shut out, locked out ? that their destinies are headed to disaster. They want help. They're asking for help. The community needs a comprehensive strategy to ensure those students who are not being educated can become educated. - Phillip Jackson