“We doubt not the destiny of our country that she is to accomplish great things for human nature, and be the mother of a nobler race than the world has yet known. But she has been so false to the scheme made out at her nativity, that it is now hard to say which way that destiny points.” WorldWayHumansHas BeensMadeCountryHardMotherRaceKnownDestinyDoubtHuman NatureAccomplishGreat ThingsOur CountrySchemesNativity Book:Memoirs, [ed.] by R.W. Emerson, W.H. Channing, and J.F. Clarke Source: Memoirs, [ed.] by R.W. Emerson, W.H. Channing, and J.F. Clarke
“I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times, But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship.” HardEnoughDestinyShipsHard TimesAbandonCaptainsMy Destiny Author:Cesare Pavese
“Born, the Man assumes the name and image of humanity, and becomes in all things like unto other men who dwell upon the earth. Their hard lot becomes his, and his, in turn, becomes the lot of all who shall come after him. Drawn on inexorably by time, it is not given him to see the next rung on which his faltering foot shall fall. Bounded in knowledge, it is not given him to foretell what each succeeding hour, what each succeeding minute, shall have in store for him. In blind nescience, in an agony of foreboding, in a whirl of hopes and fears, he completes the cycle of an iron destiny.” MenHardEarthHumanityTurnsFallNextNamesGivenBornHoursDestinyFeetMinutesHe ManSucceedAll ThingsBlindAssumingStoresIronCyclesAgonyHopes And FearsForebodingFaltering Author:Leonid Andreyev
“Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity.” WayLooksHardDestinyAbsolutesStriveConvictionPityCertaintyI've LearnedAmusementHard WayAbsolute Certainty Author:Elizabeth Gilbert