Originally, a quote had been placed at each chapter header. The quotes were since removed, but you can still enjoy them here.
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Fate steals along with silent tread, Found oftenest in what least we dread; Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes the blow. ~ William Cowper
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. ~ John Dryden
Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind. ~ Horce
No matter what your history has been, your destiny is what you create today… ~ Steve Maraboli
Destiny is real. And she’s not mild-mannered. She will come around and hit you in the face and knock you over and before you know what hit you, you’re naked- stripped of everything you thought you knew and everything you thought you didn’t know- and there you are! A bloody nose, bruises all over you, and naked. And it’s the most beautiful thing. ~ C. JoyBell C.
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. ~ Jean de La Fontaine
Actions are the seed of fate, deeds grow into destiny. ~ Harry S. Truman
Even if things don’t unfold the way you expected, don’t be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end. ~ Daisaku Ikeda
Destiny has two ways of crushing us by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. ~ Henry Frederic Amiel
Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. ~ Jamie Paolinetti
Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. ~ William Jennings Bryan
Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling. ~ Seneca
We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen. ~ Thomas Merton
Fate steals along with silent tread, Found oftenest in what least we dread; Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes the blow. ~ William Cowper
Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible–not to have run away. ~ Dag Hammarskjold
Courage is not the absence of fear and pain, but the affirmation of life despite fear and pain. ~ Rabbi Earl Grollman
Hope is hearing the melody of the future; faith is dancing to it today. ~ Ruben A. Alvez
Consolations springs from sources deeper far than deepest suffering. ~ William Wordsworth
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one’s self to destiny. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
In dealing with fear, the way out is in. ~ Sheldon Kopp
An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past. ~ Pierre Corneille
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Nothing worthwhile is ever without complications. ~Nora Roberts
Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
What a man things of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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 will reach your destiny. ~ Carl Schurz
Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire. ~ Orison Swett Marden
