A love of tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril; but the new view must come, the world must roll forward. - Churchill, Sir Winston

It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped on link at a time. - Churchill, Sir Winston

Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap character. Sow character and you reap destiny. - Reade, Charles

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny. - Schurz, Carl

We know what we are, but know not what we may be. - Shakespeare, William

It's all okay in the end, if its not okay, then its not the end - Unknown

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. - Bell, Alexander Graham

We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. - Bradley, General Omar

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. - Bryan, William Jennings

People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. - Douglas, Frederick

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
You're on your own.
And you know what you know.
You are the guy who'll decide where to go. - Dr. Seuss

We must never cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time. - Eliot, T.S

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start. - James, William

Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be, and he will become what he should be. - Johnson, Jimmy

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. - Lichtenberg, G. C

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. - Longfellow

No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. - Mauriac, Francois

Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing. - Monod, Adolph

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. - Overton, Patrick

I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one. - Proverb, Chinese

If a man is destined to drown, he'll drown even in a spoonful of water. - Proverb, Yiddish

If you're born to be shot, you'll never be hanged. - Thompson, Leon