Quotes About Fate

Nobody gets to pick what life gives them

Everybody dies; that's a fact. Sometimes it blindsides people. Sometimes people get a glimpse of the big picture and decide to cheat.

Destined to die without issue," added Terry, who fancied himself a wordsmith. His real name was Something the Third. As if that wasn't bad enough, "the Third" translated to "Tertius" in Latin. Then "Tertius" shortened to "Terry." So obviously that was what they called him. He kept a private journal in which his feelings were recorded, possibly. The possibility was widely mocked.

The future is fixed. The past ever-changing

Pay attention to fate, Mrs. Osgood. It will always have the last word.

What the devil happened to you? Richard asked with amazement as he led Robert to the bed. I was shot, Daniel said. Richard frowned, but Robert snapped, It was probably the Fates punishing you. Punishing me for what? he asked with surprise. For breaking Suzette's heart, he growled. She was crushed when she got your letter.

Sometimes the best way of killing a person is to let him choose his own fate.

As Oedipus learned, the more you run away from what is predetermined the more you run toward it.

The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse. It can keep a soul alive even if all that survives is a shimmering. I've even seen it. I've been bathed in it. I've been changed by it.

There are no accidents of fate. Every act has a reaction through lives, through time. Déjà vu and coincidence are God tapping you on the shoulder, telling you to pay attention, showing you that you are walking in the footprint of your own reincarnation.

Not a coincidence, but events coming full circle. The infinite possibilities of energy and spirit.

Nem eu, nem tu, nem ela, nem qualquer outra pessoa desta história poderia responder mais, tão certo é que o destino, como todos os dramaturgos, não anuncia as peripécias nem o desfecho. Eles chegam a seu tempo, até que o pano cai, apagam-se as luzes, e os espectadores vão dormir. Nesse gênero há porventura alguma coisa que reformar, e eu proporia, como ensaio, que as peças começassem pelo fim. 

Não se luta contra o destino; o melhor é deixar que nos pegue pelos cabelos e nos arraste até onde queira alçar-nos ou despenhar-nos.

Morrer! Todos nós havemos de morrer; basta estarmos vivos

Vinha a corrente de ar, que vence em eficácia o cálculo humano, e lá se ia tudo. Assim corre a sorte dos homens.

O destino não é só dramaturgo, é também o seu próprio contra-regra, isto é, designa a entrada dos personagens em cena, dá-lhes as cartas e outros objetos, e executa dentro os sinais correspondentes ao diálogo, uma trovoada, um carro, um tiro.

Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conceived.

If you're too happy about anything, fate usually gives you a good sock in the jaw and knocks you down.

If we knew ahead of time what was going to happen we'd be -- we'd be like the people on Camazotz, with no lives of our own, with everything all planned and done for us.

The stars do not foretell, because what has not happened must be free to happen, as it will.

Adam thus bequeathed us his death, not his sin … We do not inherit the sins of our fathers, even though we may be made to endure their punishment. Guilt cannot be transmitted. We are linked to Adam only by his memory, which becomes our own, and by his death, which foreshadows our own. Not by his sin.

The reaper lacks the eyes to hold him back;

if your heart is elsewhere, would you not want to follow your destiny?

We are, all of us, wandering about in a state of oblivion, borrowing our time, seizing our days, escaping our fates, slipping through loopholes, unaware of when the axe may fall.