Fate Quotes

2346 Fate quotes by 1440 unique authors

Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed. — Stefan Zweig
It is nobody's right to be waited on and nobody's fate to do the waiting. — Margaret Heffernan
Sometimes the slightest things change the directions of our lives, the merest breath of a circumstance, a random moment that connects like a meteorite striking… — Bryce Courtenay
Now at this very moment I knew that the United States was in the war, up to the neck and in to the death. So… — Winston Churchill
And often he who has chosen the fate of the artist because he felt himself to be different soon realizes that he can maintain neither… — Albert Camus
Being a detective isn't all about torture and murder and monsters. Sometimes it gets truly unpleasant...The fate of the world may depend on whether or… — Derek Landy
Character is fate. — Sylvia Plath
...life is in Fate's hands now. You made your choice to stay... it's too late to change that, so stop agonizing over it.... You're making… — Christopher Paolini
Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
So tomorrow we disappear into the unknown. This account I am transmitting down the river by canoe, and it may be our last word to… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like. — Daniel Handler
We are all subject to the fates. But we must all act as if we are not, or die of despair...death will sweep through all… — Philip Pullman
He left it in thy power, ordaind thy will By nature free, not over-rul'd by Fate Inextricable, or strict necessity; — John Milton
I seem fated to pass through the world without colliding with it or moving it — and I'm sure I can't tell you whether the… — E. M. Forster
since feeling is first who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you; wholly to be a fool while Spring… — E E Cummings
The highways are crowded with people who drive as if their sole purpose in getting behind the wheel is to avenge every wrong done them… — Hunter S. Thompson
Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings. — William Shakespeare
I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate… — Marilyn Monroe
It is fate that I am here,' George persisted, 'but you can call it Italy if it makes you less unhappy. — E. M. Forster
Take an old man's word; there's nothing worse than a muddle in all the world. It is easy to face Death and Fate, and the… — E. M. Forster
And why is it, thought Lara, that my fate is to see everything and take it all so much to heart? — Boris Pasternak
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. — William Ernest Henley
Destiny is what we work toward. The future doesn't exist yet. Fate is for losers! — Douglas Coupland
It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Albert grunted. "Do you know what happens to lads who ask too many questions?" Mort thought for a moment. "No," he said eventually, "what?" There… — Terry Pratchett

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