Fates Quotes
112 quotes by 85 authors
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God who is eternally complete, who directs the stars, who is the master of fates, who elevates man from his lowliness to Himself, who speaks…
— Alfred Adler
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It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where…
— Hillary Clinton
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Why is it we are always the targets of the angry Fates? Twice as many men of ours met harm as did theirs, since we've…
— Janet Morris
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The fates have given mankind a patient soul.
— Homer
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What fates impose, that men must needs abide; it boots not to resist both wind and tide.
— William Shakespeare
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The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling.
— Seneca the Younger
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Astrologers that future fates foreshow.
— Alexander Pope
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The Fates are here because of supernal anger, celestial imbalance, and arrogance of men and gods that must be curbed.
— Janet Morris
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Men make their own fates - it's personal, not a matter for debate.
— Janet Morris
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Our wills and fates do so contrary run, That our devices still are overthrown; Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own.
— William Shakespeare
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One cannot properly appreciate the human realities so long as one labors under the adolescent delusion that people get the fates they deserve.
— Nicholas Rescher
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The fates have a way of demanding of a man that he suffer his greatest moments all by himself; being lone seems as often attendant…
— Murray Kempton
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Now the Fates are here on the beach, three shadows blacker than black, walking through the dunes and looking for their own. Just shadows, lamb-white…
— Janet Morris
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Only from chaos does order come. The angry Fates bring death where they will, when war is king, says Enlil, storm god of the armies,…
— Janet Morris
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Certainly. My whole life has been decided by fate. I think something more powerful than we are decides our fates for us. I know one…
— Sharon Tate
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I guess the sacrifice of my dignity is the only thing that will save us now. The things I endure for love. The Fates laugh…
— Julie Kagawa
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Use him wisely. Few have been given such a weapon by the gods or Fates before.
— Janet Morris
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Reading, therefore, is a co-production between writer and reader. The simplicity of this tool is astounding. So little, yet out of it whole worlds, eras,…
— Ben Okri
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This whole act's immutably decreed. 'Twas rehearsed by thee and me a billion years before this ocean rolled. Fool! I am the Fates' lieutenant; I…
— Herman Melville
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Well. There was noting to be done for it. Things had happened as they did, time's arrow had yet to be reversed by humans, done…
— Steve Perry
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