Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, but a thing to be achieved. - William Jennings Bryan

Destiny is not a matter of chance, but of choice.
Not something to wish for, but to attain

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear, and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

If we delight in gossip, and are not content unless each neighbor is laid upon the dissecting table, we form a character unenviable indeed, and must be willing to bear the contempt of all the truly good, while we roll our bit of scandal as a sweet morsel under the tongue.

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.