No Fate Quotes

The fate of man is man.

Fate's sentence written on the brow no hand can e'er efface.

I had a dream that I was captain of fate. I lost control and then I sank.

The fates lead him who will; him who won't they drag.

Destiny has a constant passion for the incongruous.

Is Fate getting what you deserve, or deserving what you get?

My day is closed! the gloom of night is come! a hopeless darkness settles over my fate.

Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!

A person may rightfully be happy if in this life he could do a great favor for widows and orphans, could assist support than, and facilitate fate of people.

Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely.

I don't know yet whether I fully believe in fate, but certain things do happen in a man's life that he cannot explain.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Almighty God, thee only have I; thou steerest my fate, I must give myself up to thee! Give me a livelihood! Give me a bride! My blood wants love, as my heart does!

'Tis writ on Paradise's gate, Woe to the dupe that yields to fate!

We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.

I do not know why it is the fate of the world always to want something different from what life gives them.

No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it is futile to attempt a picnic in Eden.

Use all your hidden forces. Do not miss The purpose of this life, and do not wait For circumstance to mould or change your fate.

Sometimes it is best for men not to attempt to interfere with destiny. Our prayers can be answered in ways which we do not expect and do not welcome.

Fate controls only the weak, Your Highness. The strong mould the providence the want

One-third of our people were dangerously ill, getting worse hourly, and we felt sure of meeting the same fate, with death as our only prospect, which in such a country was much worse yet.

Asking is the beginning of receiving.

For nothing is evil in the beginning.

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.

We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.

He who fears fate lives like a coward

My resolve to die was not the whim of an hour. It was the ripe, sound fruit that had slowly grown to full size, lightly rocked by the winds of fate whose next breath would bring it to the ground.

All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys, The champions and enthusiasts of the state: Turbid ardors and vain joys Not barrenly abate-- Stimulants to the power mature, Preparatives of fate.

Whatever my fate, I'll go to it laughing.

The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters concerning human destiny.

There are things in this universe that we cannot control, and then there are the things we can. . . . Let fate, coincidence, and accident conspire; human beings must act on reason.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?

The future is not set. There is no fate but what we make.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

But fates are connected in ways we don’t understand.

Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier.

I've always had real trouble knowing what my actual desires and goals are. I've just been dragged along by fate.

Today the fate of humankind is even more crucially linked than ever before. The boundaries between the problems of 'others' and 'our' problems are being increasingly erased.

Hey Nana, do you remember the first time we met? I beleive in things like fate. So I think it was fate.

A successful life does not result from chance; nor is it determined by fate or good fortune, but rather through a succession of successful days.

Maybe it's good if God gives you something to think about every so often.

Every high C accurately struck demolishes the theory that we are the irresponsible puppets of fate or chance.

I think we can affect our own fates, but there's also a powerful energy that's the universe or God or whatever your unconscious recognizes that helps along your way.

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.

The terms of peace may be negotiated by political leaders, but the fate of peace is up to each of us.

Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.

People's fates are simplified by their names.

Today I may way before an awestruck world; I am still master of my fate. I am still captain of my soul.

A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied.