But I can tell thee there is no such thing as Fortune in the world, nor does anything which takes place there, be it good or bad, come about by chance, but by the special preordination of heaven; and hence the common saying that 'each of us is the maker of his own Fortune.
"The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete"
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
It is used particularly in theology to denote the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery.
"The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election"
Robert Wallace