Famous Quotes & Sayings

Coco Chanel

It is best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.

Eleanor Roosevelt

The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities.

Daniel Quinn

Man's destiny was to conquer and rule the world, and this is what he's done.. almost. He hasn't quite made it, and it looks as though this may be his undoing. The problem is that man's conquest of the world has itself devastated the world. And in spite of all the mastery we've attained, we don't have enough mastery to stop devastating the world.. or to repair the devastation we've already wrought.

Thomas Merton

Our destiny is to live out what we think, because unless we live what we know, we do not even know it.

Toni Morrison

From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.

Victor Hugo

True or false, that which is said of men often occupies as important a place in their lives, and above all in their destinies, as that which they do.

Vicki Baum

To be a Jew is a destiny

Ravi Zacharias

I came to Him because I did not know which way to turn. I remained with Him because there is no other way I wish to turn. I came to Him longing for something I did not have. I remain with Him because I have something I will not trade. I came to Him as a stranger. I remain with Him in the most intimate of friendships. I came to Him unsure about the future. I remain with Him certain about my destiny. I came amid the thunderous cries of a culture that has 330 million deities. I remain with Him knowing that truth cannot be all-inclusive.

Ray Bradbury

We're going to become the martians when we land there. When we explore and build communities, we become the martians. That's a wonderful destiny for all of us.

Geena Davis

As an Independent, she has no party backing, ... Her being the first Independent president trumps the fact that she's a woman. It causes even more upheaval in Washington than her being female.

Kary Mullis

People say to me, How many people have you seen die of this disease? They say, You don't know what causes it because you've never watched them die.

Justin Baldoni

People grow; people grow apart, and cancer... I've had a very in-depth and personal experience with cancer, and it really causes a perspective shift.

Nelson Mandela

No stone will be left unturned to establish fully what the causes were and where responsibility lies,

Steve Simmons

Any kind of glitch causes problems that send tremors through the whole industry.

Allen Wallace

A player makes a name for himself and then causes younger players to look and see what can be accomplished. The younger players start focusing on being like one of the older guys.

Anne Wright

I wanted him to stop, ... I tried not to nag. What good does it do? It just causes dissension.

Bryan Jones

Oil pollution causes a lot of problems in the oceans. And most of it (oil pollution) can be prevented.

Azar Nafisi

It takes courage to die for a cause, but also to live for one.

Brooke Shields

You don't necessarily have to be in misery to be talented.

Dodie Smith

extreme happiness invites religion almost as much as extreme misery.

Angelique Kidjo

Don't let misery bring you down.

Victor Hugo

I repeat, whether we be Italians or Frenchmen, misery concerns us all.

Swami Vivekananda

No one is to blame for our miseries but ourselves.

Swami Vivekananda

Materialism and all its miseries can never be conquered by materialism.

Markus Zusak

Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.

Rod McKuen

There's no misery in not being loved, only in not loving.

John C. Reilly

For a while I had a blues band in L.A., but I realized I was too optimistic to play the blues. I did not have the misery in my heart that the blues required.