Quotes About Destiny

My conclusion on Freewill and predestination- they are identical.

Quos Deus vult perdere prius dementat—88

No one can understand history without continually relating the long periods which are constantly mentioned to the experiences of our own short lives. Five years is a lot. Twenty years is the horizon to most people. Fifty years is antiquity. To understand how the impact of destiny fell upon any generation of men one must first imagine their position and then apply the time-scale of our own lives.

It is true Greek tragedy, with Chance as the ever ready hand-maid of Fate.

The destiny of mighty peoples,' said Trotsky, 'cannot be determined by the temporary condition of their technical apparatus.

The goddess of Battles visits warriors only once. He who does not grasp her at such a moment never reaches her again.

Dragostea e un mister È™i c? dragostea e miserul care face lucrurile s? se întâmple.

You were saved because you were the first. You were saved because you were the last. Alone. With others. On the right. The left. Because it was raining. Because of the shade. Because the day was sunny.

Soñamos, ¡pero tan negligentemente, tan a la ligera! «Quiero ser un pájaro», dice este o aquel. Pero si el sumiso destino lo convirtiese en un pavo, se sentiría desencantado.

BECKMANN: Ich soll leben, sagst du! Dieses Leben leben? Dann sag mir auch: Wozu? Für Wen? Für was? DER ANDERE: Für dich! Für das Leben! Deine Straße wartet. Und hin und wieder kommen Laternen. Bist du so feige, daß du Angst hast vor der Finsternis zwischen zwei Laternen? Willst du nur Laternen haben? Komm, Beckmann, weiter, bis zur nächsten Laterne.

We Are The Sum Total Of Our Choices...

This year I'm a star, but what will I be next year? A black hole?

Talent is luck. The important thing in life is courage.

It's funny. Maria Elena and I, we are meant for each other and not meant for each other, it's a contradiction.

How to make God laugh. Tell him your future plans.

Me interesa el futuro porque es el sitio donde voy a pasar el resto de mi vida

Sex and death - two things that come once in a lifetime.

Dios (Una comedia) DIABETES: Creí que volvíais a Nueva York. WENDY: Ya sabes cómo es el destino.

Justo castigo Que Connie Chasen sintiese recíprocamente por mí la atracción fatal que yo sentí por ella la primera vez que la vi, eso es un milagro sin precedentes.

Justo castigo Me pregunté qué medio elegiría exactamente el Destino para cobrarse su inevitable tributo. ¿Me quedaría ciego? ¿O acabaría parapléjico? ¿Qué horrible prenda tendría Harold Cohen para pagar, para que el cosmos pudiese proseguir su armoniosa trayectoria? Pero todo eso vendría más adelante.

Justo castigo Un maleficio, eso es. Cuando dos personas se aman y tienen que separarse por culpa de una aberración casi cómica, ¿qué otra cosa puede ser?

People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net and for a split second it can either go forward or fall back. With a little luck it goes forward and you win. Or maybe it doesn't and you lose.

If 80 percent of life is showing up, the other 80 percent, as Yogi Berra might've said, is chance.

The man who said 'I'd rather be lucky than good' saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net and for a split second it can either go forward or fall back. With a little luck it goes forward and you win. Or maybe it doesn't and you lose.