“Men do not shape destiny. Destiny produces the man for the hour.”
I Won't Be a Dictator (1959)
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“For the deeds of a man, not the words of a prophecy, are what shape his destiny.”
Source: The High King
“[As] a man, whether he stay or flee,
Cannot evade his hour of destiny.”
Come l'uom né per star né per fuggire,
Al suo fisso destin può contradire.
Canto XXVII, stanza 26 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)
“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.”
“There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our lives.”
“All along, you've been shaping your destiny unconsciously.”
The Times of India,January 1, 2004
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Context: All along, you've been shaping your destiny unconsciously. But you can also work on it consciously. If you make the effort to access your core and realise that everything is your responsibility, and shift your focus inside you, then you can rewrite your destiny.
DRAGON’S LAIR: An interview with Don Bluth and Gary Goldman https://www.indiewire.com/2015/12/dragons-lair-an-interview-with-don-bluth-and-gary-goldman-122447/ (December 18, 2015)
Source: Presidents of India, 1950-2003, P.84
Morarji Desai speaks about life and celibacy
“I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer.”
The Twinkling of an Eye: My Life as an Englishman (1998) Unsourced variant: "Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system."