Quotes About Inevitability

The funny thing about destiny is that you can't predict it, and you can't prevent it. - Leslie

For us there is little to say. After all, we know that death belongs to life, that it is unavoidable and comes when it wants.

Then Tommy said: "So there's definitely nothing. No deferral, nothing like that." "Tommy," I murmured, and glared at him. But Miss Emily said gently: "No, Tommy. There's nothing like that. Your life must now run the course that's been set for it.

I have to. I've been fighting it all night. I'm going to lose. My battle is as futile as a woman feeling the first pangs of labor and deciding it's an inconvenient time to give birth. Nature wins out. It always does.

And the more I think about how nothing can be helped, the faster the fog rolls in.

All great power has to do to destroy itself is persist in trying to do the impossible.

The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed. It happens quietly. It happens inevitably. Don't underestimate God's power.

The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.

That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better.

Power is the recognition of necessity.

The tragedy of power like mine is that there is no way down. There can only be extinction. Dust to dust rags to rags fear to fear.

What looked like morning was the beginning of endless night

A basic rule of history is that the inevitable eventually happens.

Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case.

Insensible of mortality, and desperately mortal.

Hanging and Riving goes by destiny.

The deep of night is crept upon our talk,And nature must obey necessity.

Doomsday is near; die all, die merrily.

What fates impose, that men must needs abide;It boots not to resist both wind and tide.

The inaudible and noiseless foot of time.

We cannot hold mortality's strong hand.

Let Hercules himself do what he may,The cat will mew and dog will have his day.

Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all; all shall die.

Thou know'st 'tis common; all that live must die,Passing through nature to eternity.