Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to he waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.
Source: In My Favorite Quotations, by Norman Vincent Peale, 1990.
-- William Jennings Bryan, (Mar 19 1860-1925), US lawyer, orator, statesman; The Great Commoner was a three time populist Democratic presidential candidate.