Fate Quotes

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It is the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when it is first acclaimed. — Albert Schweitzer
The historian assesses that the investment of the wealthy classes in the Bank of England wedded them to the fate of the nation as a… — Walter Russell Mead
Ah Fate, cannot a man Be wise without a beard? East, West, from Beer to Dan, Say, was it never heard That wisdom might in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves. — Hesiod
We need to return to learning about the land by being on the land, or better, by being in the thick of it. That is… — Gary Paul Nabhan
Fate stalks us with depressing monotony from womb to tomb, and, when we are least expecting it, deals us a series of crushing blows from… — Hesketh Pearson
The Sessions becomes a dance of joy in the midst of severe challenge, and a movie with a light spirit that lifts a tale of… — Lisa Schwarzbaum
Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits. — Heloise
England a fortune-telling host, As num'rous as the stars, could boast; Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of Fate in grounds of… — Charles Churchill
Man is never honestly the fatalist, nor even the stoic. He fights his fate, often desperately. He is forever entering bold exceptions to the rulings… — H. L. Mencken
If we look on heaven and earth as a single crucible, and on the creator as the founder, would there be any place I could… — Zhuangzi
There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the… — Moliere
In every life there is one particular event that is decisive for the entire person-for his fate, his convictions, his passions. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Submissiveness to fate, the total abdication of your own will in the shaping of your life, the recognition that it was impossible to guess the… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
And keep as few things as possible, so that you don't have to fear for them. Give them up without a struggle-because otherwise the humiliation… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Tis the privilege of Art Thus to play its cheerful part, Man on earth to acclimate And bend the exile to his fate. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whatever may happen to thee, it was prepared for thee from all eternity ... — Marcus Aurelius
These struggling tides of life that seem In wayward, aimless course to tend, Are eddies of the mighty stream That rolls to its appointed end. — William C. Bryant
The man who once cursed his fate, now curses himself - and pays his psychoanalyst. — John W. Gardner
When the Sun sets, shadows, that shew'd at Noon But small, appear most long and terrible; So, when we think Fate hovers o'er our Heads,… — John Dryden
I, too, was carrying around my own fate. All the things I couldn't know sat somewhere inside, embroidered into me-maybe not quite fixed to the… — Amanda Lindhout
He who fears fate lives like a coward — Curtis Jackson
The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make them the easier to destroy and forget. And a man… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Fulfill thy fate! Be-do-bear-and thank God. — Philip James Bailey
Societies are healthiest when their radius of trust is broad and when people feel they can influence their own fate. — James Fallows

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