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Fate Quotes

"It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

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"It is the fate of operating systems to become free."

Neal Stephenson, American Writer

"The hand of fate had dipped into the ragbag of humanity."

Jean Shepherd, American Writer

"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."

Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian Actress

Fate, Religious, Thinking

"The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world."

Max Weber, German Economist

"Fate, or some mysterious force, can put the finger on you or me, for no good reason at all."

Martin Goldsmith, American Writer

Fate, Force, Reason

"A left turn in the fate of Russia is as necessary as it is inevitable."

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian Businessman

"Fate was dealing from the bottom of the deck."

S. J. Perelman, American Writer

"It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity."

William Samuel Johnson, American Politician

"Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat."

Elizabeth Bowen, Irish Novelist

"The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

"Fate will find a way."

Virgil, Roman Poet

"When I need a word and do not find it in French, I select it from other tongues, and the reader has either to understand or translate me. Such is my fate."

Jean Savarin, French Lawyer

"Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before!"

John Dryden, English Poet

Fate, Future, Joy

"An apple only falls far from its tree when carried away by divine winds."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Fate, Apple, Tree, Divine

"What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate."

Donald Trump, American Businessman

"A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration."

Richard Schickel, American Author

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

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt, German Linguist

"Fate is written in the face."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

"Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places."

Mary Renault, English Novelist

"All the nations they had to deal with, had the same fate."

Algernon Sydney, English Politician

"Never try to separate soul-mates, destiny might electrocute you."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Fate, Soulmates, Destiny, Love, Connection

"Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate."

Sarah Jessica Parker, American Actress

"I'm a very big believer in fate."

Christopher Atkins, American Actor

"It was just one of those moments in the universe that was mine."

Carlton Fisk, American Athlete

Fate, Moments, Universe

"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

"If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow."

William McFee, American Writer

"To live alone is the fate of all great souls."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

"Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive."

Mohandas Gandhi, Indian Leader

Fate, Providence, Results

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

Alexander Pope, English Poet

Fate, Blind, Future, State

"Man blindly works the will of fate."

Christoph Martin Wieland, German Poet

Fate, Man, Will

"The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate."

O. Henry, American Writer

"No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation."

Knut Hamsun, Norwegian Author

Fate, Man, Prudence, Woman

"Fate is the endless chain of causation, whereby things are; the reason or formula by which the world goes on."

Citium Zeno, Greek Philosopher

Fate, Formula, Reason, World

"The fate of a child is in the hands of his parents."

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese Educator

"Fate is for losers."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

"The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off."

Benito Mussolini, Italian Politician

Fate, First, Nations

"How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always adding to the treasury of the wealthy."

Terence, Roman Writer

"There is no armor against fate."

James Shirley, English Dramatist

"How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is."

Wilhelm von Humboldt, German Educator

"We have become makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets."

Karl Popper, Austrian Philosopher

"Fate determines many things, no matter how we struggle."

Otto Weininger, Austrian Philosopher

"Every individual acts and suffers in accordance with his peculiar teleology, which has all the inevitability of fate, so long as he does not understand it."

Alfred Adler, Austrian Psychologist

"I don't believe in providence and fate, as a technologist I am used to reckoning with the formulae of probability."

Max Frisch, Swiss Novelist

Fate, Providence

"Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate."

Thomas Mann, German Writer

Fate, Needs, Reason, Will

"The compulsion of fate is bitter."

Christoph Martin Wieland, German Poet

"Two urns on Jove's high throne have ever stood, the source of evil one, and one of good; from thence the cup of mortal man he fills, blessings to these, to those distributes ills; to most he mingles both."

Homer, Greek Poet

Fate, Blessings, Evil, Man

"It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Fate, Fools, Temperament

"In my view, the humanity of our world can be measured against the fate of Africa."

Horst Koehler, German Statesman

Fate, Humanity, World

"When destiny is calling even the deaf can hear him."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Fate, Destiny, Calling, Deaf, Hearing

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