Fate Quote by John Milton

God grinds the axes he intends to use.

— Dave Sim

The gods at will can shape a gladder strain, and from the lamentations at the graveside, a song of triumph may arise.

— Aeschylus

“Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for…

— Dickens, Charles

Thine to work as well as pray, Clearing thorny wrongs away; Plucking up the weeds of sin, Letting heaven's warm sunshine in.

— John Greenleaf Whittier

That is the gods' work, spinning threads of death through the lives of mortal men, an all to make a song for those to…

— Homer

Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber, for a bird of the air shall…

— Doris Lessing

O God, make us desperate, and grant us faith and boldness to approach Your throne and make our petitions known, knowing that in doing…

— Nancy Leigh DeMoss

O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with…

— Mark Twain

God sent his Singers upon earth With songs of sadness and of mirth, That they might touch the hearts of men, And bring them…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Bow your heads and pray." The churchfull of heads obeyed, like rows of flowers cut with a single stroke.”

— Kay Nolte Smith

“Old Ironsides" Aye tear her tattered ensign down long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

Where nature with accustomed round Sweeps and garnishes the ground With kindly beauty, warm or cold Alternate seasons never old: Heathen, how furiously you…

— Robert Graves