Quotes About Fate

The Roman censor Appius Claudius the Blind said, "Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

In a sad twist of fate, the bill to reauthorize the Patriot Act was debated on the floor of the House of Representatives the same day that terrorists struck again.

We do not see our hand in what happens, and so we call certain events melancholy accidents… —Stanley Cavell

If it didn`t happen, its because it wasn`t meant to.

We are what circumstances make of us

Death always knew how to connect vice with misfortune.

You cannot choose your battlefield, The Gods do that for you, But you can plant a standard where a standard never flew.—Nathalia Crane

Events, however, are written in ink the moment they occur, and cannot be erased.

We cannot change what has happened. We go on from where we stand. Not even Necessity knows all ends.

Prophecy is only sometimes helpful.

Not even Necessity knows all ends.

Vivendo minha sorte, com lutas e guerras!

Tu, Tatarana, Riobaldo: agora é a má hora!" — era o Hermógenes prevenindo.

O Mumbungo queria à sua mulher, a Mula-Marmela, e, contudo, incertamente, ela o amedrontava. Do temor que não se sabe. Talvez pressentisse que só ela seria capaz de destruí-lo, de cortar, com um ato de 'não', sua existência doidamente celerada. Talvez adivinhasse que em suas mãos, dela, estivesse já decretado e pronto o seu fim

Ele disse: — "Minha lei, sabe qual é que é, Tatarana? É a sorte dos homens valentes que estou comandando...

Ao que, digo ao senhor, pergunto! em sua vida é assim? Na minha, agora é que vejo, as coisas importantes, todas, em caso curto de acaso foi que se conseguiram ? pelo pulo fino de sem ver se dar ? a sorte momenteira, por cabelo por um fio, um clim de clina de cavalo. Ah, e se não fosse, cada acaso, não tivesse sido, qual é então que teria sido o meu destino seguinte? Coisa vã, que não conforma respostas. As vezes essa ideia me põe susto.

Melhor que era para logo, para o seguinte: dois camaradas do dito fazendeiro estavam ali no Curralim, esperando decisão, agora me levavam.

If you think well, you'll see that nothing is by chance, but common sense, which is a way to bind conscience and shackle freedom, denies that and prefers to go on believing in old, worn-out truths.

When the Whispering Mountain shall scream aloud And the castle of Malyn ride on a cloud, Then Malyn's lord shall have and hold The lost that is found, the harp of gold. Then Fig-hat Ben shall wear a shroud, Then shall the despoiler, that was so proud, Plunge headlong down from Devil's Leap; Then shall the Children from darkness creep, And the men of the glen avoid disaster, And the Harp of Teirtu find her master.

No moral to this story, you will be saying, and I am afraid it is true.

Jesus' ministry was clearly defined, and the alternatives to the illusion and temptations of the desert were spelled out. A choice was made--life abundant, full, and free for all. Make no mistake about it, the day that choice was made, Jesus became suspect. That day in the temple he sealed the fate already prepared for him. How was the world to understand one who rejected an offer of power and control

You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can decide how you're going to live now.

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.

You don't get to choose how you're going to die or when. But you can decide how you're going to live now