Each man is the architect of his own future

यथा मृत्पिण्डतः कर्ता
कुरुते यद्यदिच्छति ।
एवमात्मकृतं कर्म
मानवः प्रतिपद्यते ॥

- हितोपदेशः

As a workman produces whatever he wishes from a lump of clay, so does a man meet the destiny shaped by himself.

Fortune favors the brave.
Each man is the architect of his own future.
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is 'determinism'. The way you play it is 'free will'.
A man's own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the LORD.