Quotes About Destiny

There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war.

As ill-luck would have it.

If it is nothingness that awaits us, let us make an injustice of it let us fight against destiny, even though without hope of victory.

I would say that teleology is theology, and that God is not a "because," but rather an "in order to."

Miremos más que somos padres de nuestro porvenir que no hijos de nuestro pasado

No te parece que esa idea de la necesidad no es sino la forma suprema que el azar toma en nuestra mente?

Hay quien cree seguir una estrella; yo creo seguir una doble estrella, melliza. Y esa estrella no es sino la proyección misma del sendero al cielo, la proyección del azar.

Vinimos de lejos, de muy lejos, huyendo, pero hay cosas que van siempre con uno, que le rodean y envuelven como un ánimo misterioso.

Dios, cuando no sabe qué hacer de nosotros, nos mata.

If it is nothingness that awaits us, let us make an injustice of it, let us fight against destiny, even without hope of victory.

Las cosas podían haber sucedido de cualquier otra manera y, sin embargo, sucedieron así.

Los hombres se hacen, las montañas están hechas ya

Qué quiere, señor cura. Ninguna sabe cuándo le va a llegar la hora. El amor y la muerte, a traición.

As with men, it has always seemed to me that books have their own peculiar destinies. They go towards the people who are waiting for them and reach them at the right moment. They are made of living material and continue to cast light through the darkness long after the death of their authors.

It is known that the stars and cosmos abandoned Napolean when he abandoned Josefina. There is a universal cosmic law that there can only be one Spiritual Wife for each Master or cosmic hero. If he abandons his Spiritual Wife the stars and cosmos will abandon him.

We today live on a planet of "robots" directed and managed by the Jews towards a tragic fatal end, towards the abyss and chaos.

Não disse que era o vil povo, disse apenas que é o povo português, tal como o vejo: preferem a ordem à liberdade, preferem que alguém decida por eles, em vez do fardo de terem de ser eles a decidirem e baterem-se pelo seu destino.

No fim, tu morres. No fim do livro, tu morres. Assim mesmo, como se morre nos romances: sem aviso, sem razão, a benefício apenas da história que se quis contar. Assim, tu morres e eu conto. E ficamos de contas saldadas.

Também se pode amar o que não se possui, também se pode servir o que deixou de ser nosso. O destino dos povos não é o de terem Impérios, mas o de terem memórias.

Agarro o que passa e quando consigo: são as coisas que vem ter comigo e não eu que vou ter com elas. [sobre a triste circunstância de uma personagem que tem poucas oportunidades na vida]

Não escolhi nada nem estou em situação de escolher. Agarro o que passa e quando consigo: são as coisas que vem ter comigo e não eu que vou ter com elas. [sobre a triste circunstância de uma personagem que tem poucas oportunidades na vida]

While we cannot foresee the eventual results of creativity—of the attempt to impose our desires on reality, to become the main power that decides the destiny of every form of life on the planet—at least we can try to understand better what this force is and how it works. Because for better or for worse, our future is now closely tied to human creativity. The result will be determined in large part by our dreams and by the struggle to make them real.

Unselfconscious self-assurance. [...] one common attitude shared by such people was the implicit belief that their destiny was in their hands.

Unselfconscious self-assurance. [...] one common attitude shared by such people was the implicit belief that their destiny was in their hands. [...] This attitude occurs when a person no longer sees himself in opposition to the environment, as an individual who insists that his goals, his intentions take precedence over everything else.