6 sentences with 'destiny'
Example sentences and phrases with the word destiny and other words derived from it.
• « In other words, Dante was indifferent to the entire period of the Middle Ages, concentrating instead on what he imagined would be the spiritual destiny of the great thinkers and heroes of the classical age (and blithely relegating the Italians he hated to hellish torments). »
• « According to Calvin, free will is nothing more than an illusion born of human ignorance, since the destiny of a person's soul was determined before time itself began. »
• « At the time, at the helm of the Foreign Ministry, but turning a blind eye, was German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher. Like former Chancellor Willy Brandt, Genscher was firmly convinced that Germany's unique destiny placed it on the margins of the rules governing the East-West struggle and that his country should therefore serve as a bridge between the two blocs. »
• « He passionately declares that "most people don't want to be patronised, or told what to do by bureaucrats, or to wait for help from the state. They just want fair conditions in which they can make their own decisions and shape their own destiny. The most a politician can hope to do is to help create such conditions. »
• « The nation, subjectively, is determined by links between the inhabitants, such as a common language, history and culture; it includes the desire to belong and the awareness of having a common origin and destiny. »