Quotes About Destiny

Yes, that's as may be; but what about the condemned man?' 'Also a dream, except that he remained asleep, while you woke up. Who can tell which of you is the more fortunate?

Captain van Deken

the sins of the fathers shall fall upon their children to the third and fourth generation.

L'avenir est à Dieu, le présent est à nous, mais le passé est au néant.

fortuna, señor conde?

Alexandre Dumas

D'Artagnan wondered at the fragile and unknown threads from which the fates of nations and the lives of men are sometimes hung.

Quanto a Bonaparte, mais uma vez impelido pelo destino para Paris, centro dos grandes acontecimentos, retomou a vida obscura e oculta que tanto lhe pesava.

Era venuto il momento di fissare lo sguardo sullo spettro implacabile che cammina a fianco di ogni creatura umana e che a ogni pulsazione del cuore le grida: Tu morrai

Poi, gettando un ultimo sguardo su quel bel giovane di venticinque anni appena, che egli lasciava a giacere lì, privo di sentimenti, e forse morto, sospirò sullo strano destino che induce gli uomini a distruggersi gli uni con gli altri nell'interesse di persone estranee, le quali spesso ignorano, di quei loro paladini, perfino l'esistenza.

Nations, as well as men, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years.

Americans owe nothing to any man, they expect nothing from any man; they acquire the habit of always considering themselves as standing alone, and they are apt to imagine that their whole destiny is in their own hands. Thus democracy throws [a man] back forever upon himself alone, and threatens in the end to confine him entirely within the solitude of his own heart.

Plus une société est riche, industrieuse, prospère, plus les jouissances du plus grand nombre deviennent variées et permanentes; plus elles sont variées et permanentes, plus elles s'assimilent par l'usage et l'exemple à de véritables besoins. L'homme civilisé est donc infiniment plus exposé aux vicissitudes de la destinée que l'homme sauvage.

Some fates are guaranteed, no matter who tries to intervene.

I'm fated to lose everyone I ever love," April said. "I already know that." "Of course you are," Jet responded in her calm, measured tone. "That's what it means to be alive.

Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.

This is what happens when you repudiate who you are. Once you do that, life works against you, and your fate is no longer your own.

If we had paid attention, we would have understood there are some things in this world you cannot outrun.

We never know the end of the story until we get there.

But what we are given is taken as well, so that we know God's glory comes to us from His will alone.

Good fortune can take forever to get to you, but as it turns out, sorrow is as quick as a shot.

Jill and I have known each other our whole lives. One house separates our houses but we act as if it doesn't exist. We met before we were born and we'll probably still know each other after we die. At least, that's the way we're planning it.

It was as though I had one map inside my head and it led to the man who was waiting for me. Someone who was alone — maybe even more alone — than I was…

What's done cannot be undone. What's set into motion takes on a life of its own.