Fate Quotes

2346 Fate quotes by 1440 unique authors

...intentions, good or bad, are not enough. There's luck or fate or something else that takes over... — John Steinbeck
I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God who concerns Himself with the fate… — Albert Einstein
Indifference to fate which, though it often makes a villain of a man, is the basis of his sublimity when it does not. — Thomas Hardy
There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be... — John Lennon
There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend… — Elizabeth Gilbert
If you serve too many masters, you'll soon suffer. — Homer
Plans are one thing and fate another. When they coincide, success results. Yet success mustn't be considered the absolute. It is questionable, for that matter,… — Tom Robbins
...it has been well said that it is precisely these moments when we are feeling that ours is the world and everything that's in it… — P.G. Wodehouse
wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world my blood approves, and kisses are a far better fate than wisdom lady i… — E E Cummings
The better part of the man is soon ploughed into the soil for compost. By a seeming fate, commonly called necessity, they are employed, as… — Henry David Thoreau
I thought about one of my favorite Sufi poems, which says that God long ago drew a circle in the sand exactly around the spot… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Nico was wrong. The Book of Fate isn't already written. It's written every day. Some scars never heal. Then again, some do. — Brad Meltzer
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate. — Carl Jung
Whether or not you believe in Fate comes down to one thing: who do you blame when something goes wrong. — Jodi Picoult
I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some blind, random disaster or some sudden disease, the addict has the comfort of… — Chuck Palahniuk
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. — Albert Einstein
--nor had I understood til then how the shameless vanity of utter fools can so strongly determine the fate of others — Philip Roth
Then there came a faraway, booming voice like a low, clear bell. It came from the center of the bowl and down the great sides… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you. — Paulo Coelho
Every path but your own is the path of fate. Keep on your own track, then. — Henry David Thoreau
...for it is the fate of a woman Long to be patient and silent, to wait like a ghost that is speechless, Till some questioning… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Reader, you must know that an interesting fate (sometimes involving rats, sometimes not) awaits almost everyone, mouse or man, who does not conform. — Kate DiCamillo
From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other -… — Albert Einstein
I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when a fellow is feeling particularly… — P.G. Wodehouse
Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing. — Rick Riordan

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