Destiny - Bible Quotes & Promises - Inspirational Quotes

Destiny	Bible Quotes & Promises - Inspirational & Famous Quotes -- Definitions & Meanings

Bible Quotes

Declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
(Isaiah 46:10) ESV

So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
(Isaiah 55:11) ESV

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
(Jeremiah 29:11) ESV

The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
(Ezekiel 18:20) ESV

For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
(Habakkuk 2:3) ESV

I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.
(John 8:24) ESV

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
(Romans 8:29) ESV

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
(Romans 10:13) ESV¹

Inspirational Quotes from Famous People

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
--Benjamin Disraeli – British Statesman Born 1804 Died 1881

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
--Jean de La Fontaine – French Poet Born 1621 Died 1695

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
--Steve Jobs – American Businessman Born 1955 Died 2011

Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is master of his own destiny.
--Marguerite Duras – French Novelist Born 1914 Died 1996

Character is destiny.
--Heraclitus - Greek Philosopher Born 544 BC Died 483 BC

Children... are our legacy. Our responsibility. They are our destiny and we are theirs. The extent to which we fail as parents, we fail as God's children.
--Dirk Benedict – American Actor Born 1945

Control your own destiny or someone else will.
--Jack Welch – American Businessman Born 1935

Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier.
--Gustav Mahler – Austrian Composer Born 1860 Died 1911

Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.
--Aeschylus – Greek Poet Born 525 BC Died 456 BC

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.
--Bob Marley – Jamaican Musician Born 1945 Died 1981

God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us.
--Joel Osteen – American Clergyman Born 1963

I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode.
--Hedy Lamarr – Austrian Actress Born 1914 Died 2000

I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.
--Richard M. Nixon – American President Born 1913 Died 1994

I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think there's anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.
--Waylon Jennings – American Musician Born 1937 Died 2002

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
--Winston Churchill – English Statesman Born 1874 Died 1965

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
--Tony Robbins – American Author Born 1960⁴