What­ever a monk keeps pur­suing with his thinking and pon­dering,
that becomes the incli­na­tion of his aware­ness.

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zen ver­sion

• Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words.
• Be careful of your words, for your words become your actions.
• Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits.
• Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your char­acter.
• Be careful of your char­acter, for your char­acter becomes your des­tiny.

— Chi­nese proverb, author unknown

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ancient ‹orig­inal› Bud­dhist text

• The thought man­i­fests as the word,
• The word man­i­fests as the deed,
• The deed develops into habit,
• And the habit hardens into char­acter.
• So watch the thought and its way with care,
• And let it spring from love
• Born out of con­cern for all beings. 

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These are the sources of Mahatma Gand­hi’s ver­sion,
but he adds the beliefs at the front: 

• Your beliefs will guide your thoughts. 
• Your thoughts will guide your actions. 
• Your actions will con­geal into habits. 
• Your habits will solidify into char­acter. 
• Your char­acter will funnel into your des­tiny. 

( Quora source • QI source )

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Thus, and only thus far I believe in the “law of attrac­tion”. Our lens on reality will deter­mine your per­cep­tion, our per­cep­tion deter­mines our actions, and these become our new reality. It’s an incre­mental feed­back loop of weaving a thread that only in ret­ro­spect can be called “fate”. We can go through life moaning or grateful. Crooked or upright. Accepting or protesting. Not accepting the injus­tices and dreads of this world, but accepting that this world is merely a tem­po­rary scene in G°d’s beau­tiful plan. And adding our pos­i­tive influ­ence wher­ever we can. As long as there is breath in our lungs, it is not too late to repent and shift the course of our des­tiny.