Fate Quotes

2346 Fate quotes by 1440 unique authors

I'd like to get away from earth awhile And then come back to it and begin over. May no fate wilfully misunderstand me And half… — Robert Frost
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade. — Andrew Carnegie
It would perhaps not be amiss to point out that he had always tried to be a good dog. He had tried to do all… — Stephen King
What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our… — Paulo Coelho
She had turned her back upon them all and no awful fate had overtaken her; instead, she had taken a firm hold upon life and… — Louis Bromfield
No story is a straight line. The geometry of a human life is too imperfect and complex, too distorted by the laughter of time and… — Pat Conroy
The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history. — Oscar Wilde
what cannot be saved when fate takes, patience her injury a mockery makes — William Shakespeare
You deserve a longer letter than this; but it is my unhappy fate seldom to treat people so well as they deserve. — Jane Austen
Do not be afraid; our fate Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift. — Dante Alighieri
Well, these sad and hopeless obstacles are welcome in one sense, for they enable us to look with indifference upon the cruel satires that Fate… — Thomas Hardy
I do not think that tragedy is our natural fate and I do not live in chronic dread of disaster. It is no happiness, but… — Ayn Rand
Be still, sad heart! and cease repining; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke. But you and I, we've been through that, and this is… — Bob Dylan
A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the… — George S. Patton
Its a beautiful woman's fate to be the subject of conversation where ever she goes — Oscar Wilde
Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind, Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves, The haunted, frightened… — Bob Dylan
All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. — Aristotle
Perhaps it is not-being that is the true state, and all our dream of life is inexistent; but, if so, we feel that these phrases… — Marcel Proust
The spirit in the body is like wine in a glass; when it spills, it seeps into air and earth and light….It’s a mistake to… — Anne Michaels
Up to a point a person’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and changes in the world about them. Then there comes a time when… — Louis L'Amour
We kissed, then, and the ardour of her kiss stole my breath away. I returned her passion with all the fervor I possessed. A lifetime… — Stephen R. Lawhead
Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for… — John Dryden
She was so evidently the victim of the civilization which had produced her, that the links of her bracelet seemed like manacles chaining her to… — Edith Wharton
fate is not just whose cooking smells good, but which way the wind blows — Ani DiFranco

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