Quotes about destination
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“There is a new wave of change all around us, and if we set our compass true, we will reach our destination — not merely victory for our Party, but renewal for our nation.”

Ted Kennedy (1932–2009) United States Senator

This last line references the last line of his DNC speech in 1980 where he said "the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
2000s, DNC Speech (2008)
And this November the torch will be passed again to a new generation of Americans, so with Barack Obama and for you and for me, our country will be committed to his cause. The work begins anew. The hope rises again. And the dream lives on.

Change, Victory

“Traveling on new routes is not easy. But self-confidence makes them easier. Those who live on the support of the people lose their way to their destination. Kill your dreams and live for the dreams of others.”

Umair Ahmad (1997) Businessman

Speaking to journalist Hamid Mir in Lahore (December 2015) as quoted in w:Lahore: History and Architecture of Mughal Monuments (2016) by Anjum Rehmani, p. 124

People, Making love, Dreams, Way

“We have avoided the post-colonial nightmares of many a former British subject. Though that may arguably be because we were a nation, and not a randomly drawn jurisdiction without regard to ethnic loyalties or geographical sense, as were so many of the “countries” that emerged from Empire. We pride ourselves, not without cause, with only one Civil War since the foundation of the State and none within the 26 county area since the enactment of said Constitution. All’s well that ends well? Except that history is a process not a destination, and “well” or not it certainly hasn’t ended. And the foundational legal document of the State grows more convoluted with each amendment and increasingly difficult to define, even in the ordinary sense of a degree of certainty.”

Justin Barrett (1971) Irish activist

A New Constitution for a Real Republic https://nationalparty.ie/new-year-message-2020/ (July 27, 2018)

War, History, Sense, Loyalty

“Women are unquestionably destined to exercise more and more influence upon practical politics in Australia…In the educating of the electorate in liberal ideas they have for many years been an effective force. Now we have an organisation in which all distinctions have gone, and with men and women working equally for the one body …”

Robert Menzies (1894–1978) Australian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia

Albury Conference, 1944
Wilderness Years (1941-1949)
Source: http://www.australianquotes.com/quotes_1950-present.php

Women, Men, Education, Exercises

“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”

Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister

People, Failure, Success, Perseverance

“On my way, maybe I am looking for the destination, I am walking towards my destination by taking steps, I do not know how far, I am walking towards my destination, I do not see the way, I start thinking in the middle of the road, I keep my spirits in my life, maybe I can get my destination.”

Shabdon Ka Jahan

Life, Way, Thinking

“Yes, warn her! Warn her that I’ve decided to put an end to her existence. Life is nothing but a river destined to dry itself, a source kept luxuriant for a few years by the rain that falls from our own eyes.”

Menotti Lerro (1980) Italian poet

Donna Giovanna, Act II, scene ii.
Theater Quotes

“I strongly believe that the main destination of education is not to get rich only, but to be capable to identify corruptions around you.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“Some people imagine that death is the only destination of life.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Life, Death, People, Imagination

“Many rebelled against God. But no one, including atheists and the devil, can ever rebel against happiness. It is the final destination for all.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“Racism is the dogma that one ethnic group is condemned by nature to congenital inferiority and another group is destined to congenitial superiority.”

Ruth Benedict (1887–1948) American anthropologist and folklorologist

Race: Science and Politics, 7

“The world is called upon to condemn suicide bombers. But can we ignore the long road they have journeyed on before they have arrived at this destination? September 11, 1922 to September 11, 2002 – eighty years is a long time to have been waging war.”

Arundhati Roy (1961) Indian novelist, essayist

Source: Articles, Come September (29 Sep 2002)

War, World, Suicide, Time

“Life is a journey; we board an express train at birth and head for the unavoidable destination of death. The scenery drifts by, and the only meaningful thing we can do is to be good and kind to our fellow passengers.”

Cheng Yen (1937) Taiwanese Buddhist nun

Source: Master of Love and Mercy: Cheng Yen, p. 13

Life, Death, Birth, Training

“If you have no clear vision of where you are going, you will end up in a different destination.”

“Only the good die young, so I’m destined to be immortal, I guess.”

Charles E. Gannon (1960) American novelist

Source: Fire with Fire (2013), Chapter 16 (p. 206)