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Quotes about Fate
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“Fate keeps on happening.”
“There is no armor against fate.”
“Whatever limits us we call fate.”
“Chance generally favors the prudent.”
“Wherever the fates lead us let us follow.”
“Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.”
“Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.”
“We make our fortunes and we call them fate.”
“One must either be the hammer or the anvil.”
“Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.”
“Men at sometime are the masters of their fate.”
“Every one is the architect of his own fortune.”
“The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling.”
“Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.”
“Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.”
“Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order.”
“The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.”
“If you believe in fate, believe in it, at least, for your good.”
“Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.”
“Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.”
“Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.”
“Our fate, whatever it is to be, will be overcome by patience under it.”
“Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.”
“Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.”
“Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate.”
“When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.”
“Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.”
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves; we are underlings.”
“All human things are subject to decay, And, when fate summons, monarchs must obey.”
“Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.”