“No one controls your destiny. Even at the very worst - there is always choice.”

“Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny.”

Gregory Maguire book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Control Your Own Destiny or Someone Else Will”

Jack Welch (1935) American executive: General Electric CEO

“Having a purpose puts you in control of your destiny.”

Jay Samit (1961) American businessman

“You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

“We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.”

William Glasser (1925–2013) American psychiatrist

“Always do your very best. Even when no one else is looking, you always are. Don't disappoint yourself.”

Colin Powell (1937) Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general

“Happiness is not a feeling, it is a choice. To be happy, one must choose to be happy, not respond to a circumstance that now controls your happiness.”

Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker

“Never appoint an arbitrator; it is the third person determining your destiny. Such a choice would benefit the weak”

Attila (406–453) King of the Hunnic Empire

“Your destiny is shaped by choice, never by chance. Beware the decisions you make, no matter how small, for they will be your salvation… or your death.”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist