Fate Quotes

My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.

Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today.

Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art.

Conduct, which involves a decision of the ultimate fate of the agent cannot be based on illusions.

I truly, truly believe that I was going in that direction and all of a sudden fate took me and put me here. It's like something else has other plans for me.

I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.

With these men and women who work-for the cause with all their hearts, with cool heads and skilled hands we will master every fate.

I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the same conception.

Even in political considerations, now-a-days, you have stronger motives to feel interested in the fate of Europe than in the fate of the Central or Southern parts of America.

In July, 1892, fate suddenly granted me financial independence.

Have any of our friends got off the Island with their families, or what must they submit to? Despotism or destruction, I fear, is their fate.

When Karim and his group heard about Saddam coming, they wanted to kill him, but fate had other ideas.

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command.

No one could reach Amy Winehouse before it was too late. Can anyone reach Washington before it's too late? Both addicted - same fate?

Germany's fate is decided first and foremost in Europe. Reconciliation and cooperation in Europe have brought us freedom, peace and prosperity. Who would have dared to believe so much 50 years ago?

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.

Something like trying to protect yourself all the time, things like trying to outwit fate. Those things can be the worst thing you can do for yourself.

I'm a very big believer in fate.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

It is the customary fate of new truths, to begin as heresies, and to end as superstitions.

I'm not a religious person, so I'm not a hardcore fate fan but I guess it's got me thinking about that. I was very careful, though, not to link Jaye's stories always to that.

There are things I am more interested in than the clone thing. How are they trying to find their place in the world and make sense of their lives? To what extent can they transcend their fate? As time starts to run out, what are the things that really matter?