- It lies not in our power to love, or hate,
- For will in us is over-rul'd by fate.
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE, Hero and Leander
I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.
RONALD REAGAN, First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981
We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, never to be undone.
WILLIAM JAMES, The Principles of Psychology
A man's character is his fate.
- Whoever yields properly to Fate, is deemed
- Wise among men, and knows the laws of heaven.
- Yet they, believe me, who await
- No gifts from Chance, have conquer'd Fate.
MATTHEW ARNOLD, Resignation
Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.
GROUCHO MARX, Woman's Day Magazine, May 8, 2007
O God! that one might read the book of fate.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, King Henry IV, Part II
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
ELIZABETH BOWEN, The House in Paris
- Man may his fate foresee, but not prevent ...
- 'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.
JOHN WEBSTER, The White Devil
- The best of men cannot suspend their fate:
- The good die early, and the bad die late.
DANIEL DEFOE, Character of the late Dr. S. Annesley
The bitterest tragic element in life to be derived from an intellectual source is the belief in a brute Fate or Destiny.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Natural History of Intellect
For man is man and master of his fate.
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, Idylls of the King
When you think to take determination of your fate into your own hands, that is the moment you can be crushed. Be cautious.
FRANK HERBERT, Chapterhouse: Dune
There is no armour against fate.
JAMES SHIRLEY, The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses
We seal our fate with the choices we make.
GLORIA ESTEFAN, Seal Our Fate
- I would not fear nor wish my fate,
- But boldly say each night,
- To-morrow let my sun his beams display,
- Or in clouds hide them; I have lived to-day.
ABRAHAM COWLEY, Of Myself
The powerless worship Luck and Fate.
MASON COOLEY, City Aphorisms
Fate throws fortune, but not everyone catches.
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