Fate Quotes

2346 Fate quotes by 1440 unique authors

One of the aphorisms occurred to me now and I wrote it under the picture: "Fate and temperament are two words for one and the… — Hermann Hesse
Resentments, carried too far, expose us to a fate analogous to that of the fish-hawk, when he strikes his talons too deep into a fish… — Christian Nestell Bovee
By fate, not option, frugal Nature gave One scent to hyson and to wall-flower, One sound to pine-groves and to water-falls, One aspect to the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Unlike most wars, which make rotten fiction in themselves - all plot and no characters, or made-up characters - Vietnam seems to be the perfect… — Wilfrid Sheed
It is a sign of the times, and not a very good sign, that these days it is necessary and not only necessary but urgent… — Paul Valery
Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past… — John Dryden
An hour will come, with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate. — John Dryden
What I have left is from my native spring; I've still a heart that swells, in scorn of fate, And lifts me to my banks. — John Dryden
Capital dictates the fate of humanity. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer
The word 'risk' derives from the early Italian risicare, which means 'to dare'. In this sense, risk is a choice rather than a fate. The… — Peter L. Bernstein
A successful life does not result from chance; nor is it determined by fate or good fortune, but rather through a succession of successful days. — Ari Kiev
The leader is always alone before bad fates. — Charles de Gaulle
above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications, and to watch over their… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Whoever yields properly to Fate, is deemed Wise among men, and knows the laws of heaven. — Euripides
The nobly born must nobly meet his fate. — Euripides
Till the Future dares Forget the Past, his fate and fame shall be An echo and a light unto eternity! — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Fates are just: they give us but our own; Nemesis ripens what our hands have sown. — John Greenleaf Whittier
The worst death for anyone is to lose the center of his being, the thing he really is. Retirement is the filthiest word in the… — Ernest Hemingway
I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern. — Jodie Foster
I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life. — Anatole France
Is Wall Street the rightful master of our economic fate? Or should we choose a broader form of sovereignty? — Thomas Frank
I don't believe in providence and fate, as a technologist I am used to reckoning with the formulae of probability. — Max Frisch
We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship… — R. Buckminster Fuller
Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big, serious novel and a funny novel, the funny novel is… — Neil Gaiman
Yes, young men, Italy owes to you an undertaking which has merited the applause of the universe. You have conquered and you will conquer still,… — Giuseppe Garibaldi

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