Fate and destiny are synonyms, meaning something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing or that which is inevitably predetermined. Fate and destiny are often used interchangeably, but the words can have differing meanings. Fate refers to events as being inevitable, while destiny tends to refer more to the way events end. What is the difference between fate and destiny?
In my opinion, fate is something which is divinely imposed on a human being & is received with negative response (such as the saying "ill-fate" ) while destiny is something you are going to, may be by not your choice, but you can have a certain effect or a role whether positive or negative (such as the crown prince is destined to become the king but he does ,in the course, what makes him lose the post).
In my opinion, fate is something which is divinely imposed on a human being & is received with negative response (such as the saying "ill-fate" ) while destiny is something you are going to, may be by not your choice, but you can have a certain effect or a role whether positive or negative (such as the crown prince is destined to become the king but he does ,in the course, what makes him lose the post).
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
Steve Jobs
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/destiny.html
Fate is considered as a power or agency that predetermines and orders the course of events. Fate defines events as ordered or "inevitable". Traditional Buddhist philosophy explains Karma as "fate" that cannot be escaped from. However, Karma is based on past deeds of the person which may be in this life or previous life. That is only a belief and not necessarily supported by science. Fate projected into future is destiny.
Fate is a word of Latin origin (fatum, ie what is said) that originally meant the irrevocable decision of a god. Later it was used to designate the Destiny, son of Chaos and Night, which no one, not even the gods cannot escape and which even Jupiter is but a mere executor.
The god was imagined blind fate.
Later it was denoted with the Fates, who wove the life, from which in fact depended on the fate of men.
From the plural of the Latin word fatum, or fairy, derived the modern fairies, originally considered goddesses of fate. So are semantically the same thing.
Thank you dear @Nizar, @Kamal and Nageswara for excellent answers so far.
Are these definition appropriate, too:
Fate: The preordained course of your life that will occur because of or in spite of your actions.
Destiny: A set of predetermined events within your life that you take an active course in shaping.
Dear Ierardi, Thank you for you explanation of the origin of fate. In our religion Islam (and Hinduism as explained by @Nageswara ) we have a strong belief in fatalism. so fate can be defined differently based on a person's philosophical opinion or religious beliefs, but there are some commonalities. Many people define fate as being a kind of religious or supernatural agency that controls the events of people's lives. Others believe that fate is determined by individuals themselves, pertaining to the inclinations of their spiritual selves, the environment they're born into and the paths they choose during the course of their lives.
Linguistically, dear Mahmoud, they are about the same. And the semantic (i.e., meaning) difference hardly varies the result!
Dear Mahmoud,
I was going to write this as a response but as you already did I'll simply "cut and paste." I favor this as the answer:
"Fate: The preordained course of your life that will occur because of or in spite of your actions.
Destiny: A set of predetermined events within your life that you take an active course in shaping."
Cheers!
John
Wait! I've heard or read "Fate is written in stone; destiny is ours to make/fulfill." Probably a quote from a famous person. If I make (free will?) decisions that affect my destiny, wouldn't that affect my fate? Are my destiny decisions pre-written by fate, even if I think I'm going off course? If the answer to the last question is yes then destiny and fate, ultimately, are the same as was written above, and the consequence of that is that there can be no free will.
I'm getting a headache!!
Fate refers to a predetermined event, whereas destiny refers to implying big and positive things fated for a specific person.
"Fate is the preordained course of your life that will occur because of or in spite of your actions. Destiny is a set of predetermined events within your life that you take an active course in shaping".
Read more: Difference Between Fate and Destiny by looking to the following link.
http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-fate-and-destiny/
I would say, following from above, that 'fate' is commonly used as something to be resigned to, whereas 'destiny' is something you live up to, or into. So I would not think of them as synonyms, although they bear some similarities that are probably interesting.
But I would also say that these are meanings that are commonly used, that's all. That doesn't give the meanings any authoritative status. In Chinese philosophy (the I Ching), fate and destiny are players, but they are not absolutely unchangeable. There are times and circumstances when we can be in liminal space where there is the possibility of shaking things up, if we are ready to do that. (I should also say that this is my understanding of the I Ching, and my views are influenced by many writers, including Stephen Karcher, Total I Ching: Myths for change, Piatkus Books, 2009)
Dear Glenn, thank you for your interpretation of these two words. I see fate as divinely planned, whereas destiny has the power to be influenced by man’s actions. Yet, both refer to a man’s future and fortune.
Fate is determined....cannot be manipulated, but destiny may be. So Fate is dependent variable of Destiny (independent variable) .(just a guess)
Often these two terms are misunderstood. While fate is a predetermined course of events that can not be controlled by the person concerned, destiny is one's future that is built by that person by her/his own acts and omissions.
Dear Debi, Two quotes to remember:
"Love your fate," which is in fact your life. - Friedrich Nietzsche
"Lots of folks confuse bad management with Destiny." - Kin Hubbard
Dear Mahmoud, the two quotes you have cited are so very appropriate. Thanks, they do help as good illustrations of the two terms in very simple terms. Thanks for the great quotes. I am going to use the latter one in my lectures.
Fate is Failure despite of revival Efforts. Destiny is an end state of event or an activity which may be success/failure, with relevance to efforts.
Fate is mostly used in negative connotations while Destiny as a Positive one
Dear Krishnan, I found a good site that explains "An Improper Interpretation of Faith and Destiny". Although the whole article is relevant to this discussion but here I only use two sentences from that site to say that fate is not failure or has a negative implication.
Some pseudo-intellectuals have erroneous ideas about fate and imagine that this doctrine causes stagnation and inactivity, restraining man from all forms of effort to improve his life.
Belief in fate does not prevent man from striving to reach his goals in life. As those who have the necessary religious knowledge realize, Islam calls on human beings to strive to the utmost in improving their lives, both morally and materially. This is, in itself, a powerful factor in intensifying the efforts man makes.
Source:
http://www.al-islam.org/god-and-his-attributes-sayyid-mujtaba-musawi-lari/lesson-21-improper-interpretation-faith-and
Fate and destiny both refer to future and fortune. Distinction between fate & Destiny is a matter of looking forward and looking back. Fate is considered to be the force that predetermines events and their development and concerns how the future will be shaped. Destiny, however, refers to events that have already taken place and confers inevitability on them. In other words, fate looks toward future events as settled while destiny looks back on past events. Fate is seen as divinely planned, whereas destiny has the power to be influenced by actions. Fate is often pessimistic or fatalistic about one’s fortune whereas destiny is more upbeat and willing to take and chance for betterment.
I did read all answers so far and (as Irina expressed before) I must confess that I found quality and rationality in all. However I do not know anything about this philosophical (?) or religious (?) issue. For me, this is more a formal or linguistic question and I agree with Obeidat, (good) references are important. Nevertheless, I would say that if you think by your brains (as Matar expressed before) you do not need to worry much about fate or controlling/manipulate destiny. Baumert wrote that the human is not a race car and I supposed that as in any biological system, humans have capacity to naturally adapt to the environment. The best Portuguese poet so far (XVI century) wrote a poem about disarrangement of the world (only bad people seem achieve good outcomes), so he followed the bad examples and in the end it did not work and he paid severely for it, so the poem concluded saying that (at least for him) the world is correct.
I send to all a personal message that I had sent before personally to Mahmood about the “PRINCE” of Machiavelli.
“Dear Mahmoud Omid
I feel very happy when I see good and intelligent people like you. As recognition, I send you personally this personal answer for your question about the “Prince”. I agree with Dr Nizar when he said that we should think by our brains. However we should be very careful when expressing publically our thoughts, due particularly of the examples as the “Pablo Neruda mailman”.
In my opinion (probably wrong), truly wise people should always guide their acts or “means” (and lives) for what they think that is truly and absolutely correct (as much as a human can reach), independently of the “end” or the thinking of the majority of the others often easily manipulated (they never sell themselves). It becomes then possible to assume the responsibilities of their acts and do not hide cowardly themselves behind the others (using fake democracy). The behavior must determine the outcomes and not the reverse.
Historically, many of the most relevant personalities were great losers while alive (probably they did not follow Machiavelli). During their lives; they just received envy for their higher fly. However, I cannot demand to sly and weak people to be intelligent, wise or loser as a rule, they may be more satisfied with their miserable ambition, transitory popularity (see some dictators of the 20 Century, for example) or fake recognition, frequently based on mutual or group interests. According to Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, the world is ruled by the weak. For him (Nietzsche) they are not only in majority as they are slyer. If Nietzsche is not wrong, I give all my congratulations for such comfortable and successful lives.
Best Regards
António Manuel Abreu Freire Diogo”
Dear Antonio,
Thank you for your comments. I agree with your statement "I did read all answers so far and I must confess that I found quality and rationality in all." Beside the good points and explanations provided so far about the differences between fate and destiny let me add this "There is always a cause for everything, and that cause is always created by ourselves."
Dear Mahmoud Omid: I agree with the first part of your answer and the first part of your new phrase. As you surely know, sometimes is not possible to run away from envy.
Winner cant grumble. It is a pride position of accomplishment of odds.
Dear Krishnan,
According to Bierce, only the fools use them to rationalize it as an excuse to failure. His quot is given below:
"Destiny: A tyrant’s authority for crime and a fool’s excuse for failure." - Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914):
@ Francesca - Its the self efficacy that's matter most....
Winning and Losing are momentary.
As long as Winner does not feel over whelmed and complacent; while Loser bounces back quick with less time to feel the pain of failure.
Francesca went to the point.
Although RG discussions, and particularly those raised by Mahmood, can introduce little quarrel’s (as in any question), they are never a personal matter (I suppose).
Dear Antonio,
We have a Persian proverb (which in my humble words) says: "He that no questions nothing learns". It is similar to say "Better to ask the way than go astray".
Dear Krishnan,
Thank you for analogy. Let me add another analogy! In RG, Is to correct to say:
Upvote - destiny ---> luck
Downvote - Fate ----> skillful
In simple terms, fate is a belief system that we're puppets to a grand plan and design and have no free will, and destiny is a personal or group journey, and is changed to suite whatever purpose whenever it needs to be.
Dear @Francesca, Thank you for telling us you experience and your comments and @Yogesh on re-defining the two words. However, if we do not accept the notion of a soul, then free will, as in "decisions made independently from physical laws" becomes a false one.
Hi Mahmoud Omid; In my opinion fate is always linked with negativity and destiny is some thing pre planned by god. It may be negative and or positive. Thanks
Dear Dr. Dubey. I got confused with your definition of the two words. Is not fate a fixed timeline of events that is inevitable and unchangeable, i.e., decided by God? But our destiny is shaped according to the combination of conditions pre-determined at birth and other factors that you are able to change through your own efforts.
Put simply: destiny is opportunity and fate is karma.
They say, "a human being supposes, God commands" Evil fate depends on surrounding people, they either help or destroy". If you are not very lucky a crowd of envious persons will destroy your happiness.Lope de Vega, "Alongside, everybody knows it, the hunters are watching for successful people, so that their happiness can be short".
to Longman Activator:
what will happen to someone or something in the future:
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▷ fate /feɪt/ [countable noun usually singular] what will happen to someone - used about an important official decision, or about an event in which something very bad happens:
▪ Congress will meet to discuss the fate of the US nuclear defense shield. decide somebody’s/something’s fate ▪ The fate of the prisoners will be decided by a panel of three judges. ▪ He urged a nationwide referendum to decide the fate of the country. somebody’s/something’s fate is sealed fixed and definite ▪ His fate was sealed when The New York Times learned of the situation and began preparing an article about it. seal the fate of decide it definitely ▪ This afternoon’s debate is likely to seal the fate of the imprisoned aid workers.
▷ destiny /ˈdestɪni, ˈdestəni/ [countable noun usually singular] what someone is going to do in their life and what is going to happen to them during it:
▪ The government wants to give people more control over their own destinies. be somebody’s destiny to do something ▪ Susan wondered whether it was her destiny to marry Jorge and live in Mexico.
Dear Irina, Thank you for the information. Most of the significant events in our lives occur due to fate or destiny, rather than by chance or luck. In fact, fate is stronger than chance, and destiny is stronger than fate. On a scale of probability of generating a particular manifestation, we could say that chance is at the lowest level. Fate is in the middle (thus having a greater chance), and destiny is at the top (thus having the greatest chance).
Dear All,
Here is a word of wisdom and believe in fate by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.”
"Fatality" and "fatalism" are derived from "Fate" and allude to parts of its nature, to wit, no choice in matters and ending with certain death. Thus, Fate is an outcome determined by an outside agency acting upon a person who has no control over affairs whereas Destiny describes how the person participates in achieving an outcome that is directly related to him. That is, participation happens wilfully.
Destiny is an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future. That is, a predetermined course of events, which may be conceived as a predetermined future. Destiny applies to both societies in general and to the individual in particular. Thus, Destiny is a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the Cosmos and Predestination in personal existence
http://www.overlordsofchaos.com/html/holy_grail_12.html
I think following two quotes very well define and differentiate Fate & Destiny
Fate : “Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her. But once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game” – Voltaire
Destiny : “Every individual has a place to fill in the world and it important in some respect whether he chooses to be or not” - Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dear Yougesh. What you quoted means in destiny there are opportunities to turn right or left, but in fate there is a one-way street!
This is another view. Harry S Truman said "Actions are the seed of fate, deeds grow into destiny."
Based on the answers and discussions I can summarize our understanding of the two words destiny and fate as follows: Destiny can be changed, because everyone has Free Will. Free Will is the power to make your own decisions, no matter what destiny has in store for you. Every choice that is made can steer destiny. Destiny is difficult to avoid, though, because it often seems that those decisions yet to be made are part of that destiny. But fate is defined (traditionally) as a power that predetermines and orders the course of events. Fate defines events as ordered or "inevitable" and unavoidable.
Dear Mahmoud, destiny is your talent, genes, hard working, gift, obsession, and fate is people, who surround you, society, moral laws.If they are avoid of envy and corrupted thoughts, talent will have a successful fate.
A good quote tagged as "fate and destiny" by Allen Saunders:
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Seed and belief of Life - an eye of the beholder
Human religions have always been built upon foundations of the best available science of the time. Sometimes that science said that the middle earth sat in a large tree. Sometimes science said the earth sat on a turtle’s back.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/uucollective/2013/08/free-will-fate-and-destiny-a-humanist-perspective/
Dear Krishnan,
Thank you for the answer. We can visualize the difference between Fate and Free-will by a simple example. We believe: 1) God created us, 2) therefore God knows you better then you know yourself, 3) therefore God will know what you will do every-time, and 4) for this reason God has recorded everything down before you were created.
Now to give an example: There are cars zipping passed at 100 mph at a rate of 1 car per second. You have a choice: (a) cross this road (and more than likely die), and (b) don't cross this road (and be safe). So you are presented with this choice, God, presented you with this choice. Because God knows you better than you know your ownself since God created you, God knows which CHOICE you will make. So God recorded it before it occurred. The decision was yours though.
See following discussion for more details:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081113120854AAyQN4W
Fate is an outcome that results from unseen and uncontrollable forces that determine the events while destiny involves a willful participation of one in achieving an outcome directly related to oneself. Although one may not be able to fully be in control of the event in one’s life, destiny can still imply how one can still take part in the events, even if it is to only to start to get the ball rolling inexorably forward on the predetermined course of one’s life. “The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny”- James Allen
Unless this self is aroused, enlightenment will not happen. But when it streams in like bright sunlight through the windows of your mind and energizes your soul, you will not respond positively or negatively, even someone despises you. During this phase, you will be neither jealous of anybody’s prosperity nor will you will desire to prosper as all things will come to you based on your ability to match the expectations of both the inner and outer world.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/spirituality/Write-Your-Own-Destiny/2015/03/07/article2699473.ece
“Happiness keeps you Sweet, Trials keep you Strong,
Sorrow keeps you Human, Failure keeps you humble and Success keeps you glowing, but only Faith and Attitude Keeps you going.
Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983. Once he received letters from his fans from the world over, one of which conveyed: “Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease?" To this Arthur Ashe replied: “The world over, 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals. When I was holding a cup I never asked GOD ‘Why me?’. And today in pain I should not be asking GOD ‘Why me?’”
Everything happens for a reason and lets just trust that GOD knows better than we can ever know.
Difference Between Fate and Destiny
1.Fate and destiny both refer to a man’s future and fortune.
2.Fate is seen as divinely planned, whereas destiny has the power to be influenced by man’s actions.
3.Fate comes from the three sisters of Greek mythology who preordain the lives of all men while destiny is seen in more humanistic concepts such as predestination.
4.Fate is often pessimistic or fatalistic about one’s fortune whereas destiny is more upbeat and willing to take and chance for betterment.
Read more:
http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-fate-and-destiny/
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FATE AND DESTINY
"I believe that there is something called fate, and then there is destiny.
Fate is something that we decided before we were born. We decided to learn things in this particular lifetime that may not be to our physical being’s liking-perhaps having abusive parents or some sort of addiction.
For you, now, from a human only perspective, you might feel victimized or unfortunate, whatever it might be, while your inner being, the Spirit that is the real you, chose the learning experiences to grow because of them and become more, to expand..."
written by Maria Erving
http://vividlife.me/ultimate/14508/there-is-a-difference-between-fate-and-destiny/
A Formula For How Destiny and Free Will Work Together
by David Hamilton (see link below)
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http://drdavidhamilton.com/a-formula-for-how-destiny-and-free-will-work-together/
Destiny: "Determinism" Versus "Free Will" Which one is it?
by Graham Collier
"A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance." So replied Benjamin Disraeli, the distinguished British statesman and writer, when asked which of the above two life-directing factors had played a major role in determining his destiny as a politician and statesman. If asked the same question as to the course of your own life, how would you respond? Well, the Greek philosopher Hippocrates’ answer to the question was: "Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult." Which is really just another way of saying "It’s a hell of a psychological conundrum…and what can one do about it anyway?"
Of all the psychological and philosophical reasoning that human beings have conjured up to try and explain, and justify, their brief hold on life on this planet…one early supposition in the early Greek world of the Odyssey—say, somewhat before 500 B.C.—was that the pattern and inescapable destiny of each individual life is preordained by the supernatural powers known as the "Gods." However, during the later years of Classical Greek philosophy—while lip service may still be paid to the belief that the Gods had a hand in influencing one’s personal fate—other more worldly factors were seen to play the major role. After the influence of scientific philosophers such as Democritus and Aristotle, a more rational view prevailed, based on the theory of Determinism: which held that human being—like all forms of being in the Universe—is just one phenomenological manifestation of existence…in a continuous series of ongoing cosmic creations taking place on this planet…all the result of sheer causal necessity in an evolving Universe.
In other words You yourself—in all your physiological and psychological complexity—are just a part of such a cosmogony…one (perhaps unique) bio-living entity occupying the earth. As such, the course of your life will basically be Determined (i), by the positive or negative factors built-in to your genetic inheritance; and (ii), by the good and bad consequences of everything that happens to you as you go through life." ... article continues at link below:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-consciousness-question/201402/destiny-determinism-versus-free-will
A very cogent and succinct discussion of this interesting conundrum (please don't be off-put by the fact that it's presented by animated "cartoon" characters)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS8rSJr9bhI
Destiny as well as fate depend on moral values of a human being. To O.Wilde, "Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future".
The terms are generally interchangeable, as points out Dr Brignoli, but I do attribute slightly different meanings. Leaving aside religious beliefs for a moment, I'd say "fate" describes what results from uncontrollable, random chance. Just pure dumb luck. Whereas "destiny" implies something that was supposed to happen, bound to happen, or otherwise not just left up to random chance.
Now, if one introduces beliefs in other-than-natural mechanisms, be that religion or astrology, then the randomness of "fate" tends to be downplayed or outright rejected, and instead other forces are brought to bear, to explain outcomes for which no well-known or predictable path existed. And then, what one person would attribute to simple luck, another would say was pre-determined.
Although, as already mentioned earlier commentators, in many languages there is a single word to refer to "fate" and "destiny" as is the case of Spanish, if there are clearly two visions for expression: one, derived from the word Latin "fatum" is related to the fate or doom, assumed as something supernatural, which is inevitable and unavoidable; what it is known and is predicted to occur. Another is the origin of the expression also derived from the Latin "destinare" which has a complex origin that would take the idea to where it is pointing, what is the target which must be given or the goal of the action and only when takes the meaning of "fate" becomes something will happen in the future and that is unchangeable.
"Let us become one in silence. Divine destiny knows our fate to the last details." - Rumi
“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.” —Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Fate and Destiny: How they differ?
Think they are referring to the same thing but happening at different timing:
Destiny will change to fate when time comes. For fate we have no control but not sure we can change the course of happening for destiny which will only happen in future?
Not sure is there any research being conducted on how much "destiny" has influenced many people in stereotyping their goal of life & the effort they put into their work? Feel free to share if you have some information on this research. Thanks.
Destiny is “the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events”. Fate is “something that unavoidably befalls a person”.
Source - The Difference Between Destiny And Fate: Know The Secrets Of Life
A quote from Sanjay Sahay: “Life is not discovery of fate; it is continuous creation of future, through choices of thoughts, feelings and actions in the present.”
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
"I just took it one step at a time and let fate determine my destiny."
--- Henry Samueli
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
"I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfill our destiny, but our fate is sealed."
---- Paulo Coelho
Every moment I shape my destiny with a chisel - I am the carpenter of my own soul. - Rumi (13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian)
Being a student of science, I earnestly believe that what is reported in literature{ CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY} should be considered to be authentic. On perusal, I found two sentences as examples each for FATE and DESTINY as follows:
FOR FATE:
[1]His fate is in the hands of the jury.[ implying his fate can go any way- can change either way]
[2]The disciples were terrified that they would suffer/ meet the same fate as Jesus [ They were apprehensive of their future,i.e. their fate can go either way- death or acquittal].
FOR DESTINY:
[1] You can’t fight destiny[ You have no choice; ALMIGHTY has already decided about you]
[2] He is a tragic victim of destiny[ You can’t change – it has, aleady been decided by HIM]
DO THEY NOT CONVEY THAT :
FATE CAN CHANGE
WHILE
DESTINTY CANNOT?
If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.
-Yiddish Proverb
Cause and Effect analogy
"Actions are the seed of fate. Deeds grow into destiny" - Harry S Truman
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
"No matter where you go, your destiny follows you."
(Kurdish Proverb)
To this let me add a poem from the Persian poet Hafez on destiny:
“It is written on the gate of heaven:
Nothing in existence is more powerful than destiny.
And destiny brought you here, to this page,
which is part of your ticket-as all things are-to return to God.”
Dear Colleagues,
Good Day,
"When fate strikes physicians are useless."
---- (Persian Proverb)
I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed.
--- Paulo Coelho
Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.
--- Harry S Truman
Every human beings should keep a fate within them selves so that they may process & pass their life with their desired end .It is with every human soul its beginning start with the WILL POWER which every human beings have .
We all have a will ,determination ,to carry out the process of our action but for Fate in quite certain cases human beings are losing the control on the WILL POWER & FATE related therewith .In such case it is a play of their conscious mind & as such such individual are losing their fate within themselves .
It is very likely that Fate can do wonder in the life of every human beings & in this light we have to recall the words of Napoleon - Impossible is a word to be found in the dictionary of fools.
The result of the Fate & destiny are the same but the action are totally different & for Destiny it is not in our hand as human being also we do not have any control on our Destiny .
In this line it has been explained for the word '' DESTINY ''
D - DISCOVERING
E- EVERY
S- SKILL
T- THAT
I - IS
N- NOW
Y- YOURS
with this we are very much helpless before destiny as we remain totally silent -dark when it comes & appear before our working action .For Destiny ,is nothing but the resulting fruits of our previous lives positive & negative which we bring with us along with our next birth & whatever may be positive or negative when it represent to our life & working action it is the WILL of higher power which it works .
This is my personal opinion
Fate and destiny have quite different meanings:
- Fate is usually seen as "set in stone" and often has negative connotations, e.g. the jury decided his fate. Fate is an agent that predetermines and orders the course of events. It means that events are "meant to be" and are set in motion by an external force or intelligence.
- Destiny is more of a likely outcome and often has a positive feel, e.g. he is destined to become a star. Destiny guides us towards a specific goal, but without our wilful participation we will not achieve our destiny.
From last comment we may conclude: destiny is opportunity and fate is karma. We are in control of our destiny but have no control over our fate. Destiny cannot be forced on us; if we are forced then it is our fate. Destiny gives us an opportunity to turn a situation to our advantage and accomplish something great through our own efforts. It is designed to give us the best opportunities for the development of our consciousness, but it is only an outline – not an exact script. It doesn't detract from our free-will in any way, because we decide exactly how we want to act in any situation.
http://www.esotericscience.org/article16a.htm
Is "fate" the "end?" Does it mean a "closure," "conclusion," a "finale" as in "His fate was sealed - Fata obstant?" Does the word "fate" always need to be associated with "doom" or can it mean a "goal," "destination," or "finality?" Might one look at "Necessity," "lot," or "Inevitableness?" is there an element of "predestination?" Look at the positive - is it fate to have "luck," even "good luck," as opposed to the negative "bad luck, or ill-fated?" Does one "tempt fate, that is take a chance, a risk or gamble?"
"Destiny" could be argued as being the "future," and an "about to be," or "be in the wind," and "on the cards," which takes us back to "chance." "Whatever may happen, will happen."
Both "fate" and "destiny" can have different or similar meanings when used as a verb, adjective, or adverb. The context has to be appropriate and the grammar perfect for the right interpretation
Is there such a concept as "inevitable pre-determination?"
Dear Mohamud. Thank you for your comments. About luck I had a question before and good answers can be found from attached link.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Which_is_more_important_to_be_lucky_or_to_be_skillful
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”
― William Shakespeare
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