Quotes About Destiny

They could neither go back nor remain in place. Like their wagons, they had no brakes, no way of stopping the high-stakes journey on which they had wagered their lives and fortunes.

Because we cannot see the roads we have not taken, we become, by defaults, advocates for the path our life is on.

Could she ever be, would she be, where she was going?

by the essence of their nature, which was frail, all human beings were probably doomed to be seasick.

But you'll never become a rhinoceros, really you won't ... you haven't got the vocation!

Happy roads is bunk. Weary roads is right. Get you nowhere fast. That's where I've got—nowhere. Where everyone lands in the end, even if most of the suckers won't admit it.

You ask if everything dissolves like this in a thin haze of memories, if in this torpid hour or the breaker's sigh every destiny's fulfilled. I'd like to say no, that the moment when you'll pass out of time is rushing toward you; maybe only those who want to become infinite, and, who knows, you can do it; I cannot.

No creáis nunca que los opulentos son dichosos hasta no llegar su última hora.

The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of sorrow from him. So I have a secret hope of someone, a God, who is wise and plans; but my hopes grow dim when I see the deeds of men and their destinies. For Fortune is ever veering, and the currents of life are shifting, shifting, wandering for ever.

Mortal fate is hard. You'd best get used to it.

There are so many doors to walk through in life, you can't be afraid of all of them, even if you know one of them might be your last.

And music, our music, will swell and then unwind like two strands of melody at last entwined. Fulfill us! Complete us! Make us whole! Seal our bond forevermore! Tonight for me, embrace your destiny! Let me hear you sing once more!

But Fate does iron wedges drive, And always crowds itself betwixt.

And yet I quickly might arrive Where my extended soul is fixt, But Fate does iron wedges drive, And always crowds itself betwixt.

Sometimes you don't get to choose your struggles—they choose you.

Sometimes serendipity must be seduced.

You are a human being. And that's and unstable condition that ends badly for all of us.

El único caso en el que creo ver el dedo de Dios en la historia contemporánea es el de la llegada de Churchill al más alto cargo de la nación en ese preciso momento de 1940».

Tuve la impresión de hallarme en sintonía con el destino y de que toda mi vida pasada no había sido sino un largo preparativo para esta hora y para esta prueba [...]. No se me podía reprochar ni que hubiera declarado la guerra ni que me faltara preparación para librarla. Pensé que sabía muchas cosas sobre el particular, y estaba seguro de que no iba a fracasar».

No man is considered just and virtuous who does not know whence he came and wither he is going. – Napoleon

Sometimes, what looks like bad luck may turn out to be good luck and vice versa

Let us reconcile ourselves to the mysterious rhythm of our destinies, such as they must be in this world of space and time. Let us treasure our joys but not bewail our sorrows. The glory of light cannot exist without its shadows. Life is a whole, and good and ill must be accepted together. The journey has been enjoyable and well worth making. Once.

Let us reconcile ourselves to the mysterious rhythm of our destinies, such as they must be in this world of space and time. Let us treasure our joys but not bewail our sorrows. The glory of light cannot exist without its shadows. Life is a whole, and good and ill must be accepted together. The journey has been enjoyable and well worth making. Once.'15

You are not supposed to be here." Mizuchi turned her head from side to side, searching.