"shape our destiny" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to talk about taking action in order to create the future circumstances and events of life. For example, "We must take responsibility and seize the initiative to shape our destiny."
"We can still shape our destiny," concludes Mr Legrain.
Never before in human history have women had the freedom to shape our destiny as we have now.
Yet in moments of crisis and longing, in moments when we glimpse the forces beyond our control that shape our destiny, poems offer an inexplicable refuge.
Until very recently, a Scottish child could travel into adulthood unhindered by an ounce of knowledge about the story of Scotland and certainly about any of the women who have helped shape our destiny.
When we choose to shape our destiny, we access a flow of providence that is generally not available to people who wait for the world to rescue them.
Instead, what has defined us as a nation since our founding is our capacity to shape our destiny - our determination to fight for the America we want for our children". It was a measured, sober speech of quiet power, the speech of a president projecting absolute command, if not empathy.
Dr. Schmookler's books include The Parable of the Tribes: The Problem of Power in Social Evolution; Out of Weakness: Healing the Wounds that Drive Us to War; The Illusion of Choice: How the Market Economy Shapes Our Destiny; Sowings and Reapings: the Cycling of Good and Evil in the Human System; and Debating the Good Society: A Quest to Bridge America's Moral Divide.
In trying to shape our destinies, are we just bringing them on?
If you do not, then you must tell us while we are shaping our destiny: What are your ends?
Yet again, it's the well-connected oil interests that are profiting from our resources, writing our history and shaping our destiny.
Marr's History of the World promises "dramatic reconstruction, computer graphics and gripping storytelling" to reveal the "events, conflicts and characters that have shaped our destiny".
