Quotes About Fate

Out of what trifles grow the tragedies of life.

We are all puppets in the hands of Fate, and seldom see the strings that move us.

The end is built into the beginning.

Why? She asked in a confused whisper. Out of all the women in the world, why did you choose this mortal? Because fate drove me to you.

The first time I met death, it was at a ball and we danced a waltz.

There is no coincidences. Every event we experience and every person we meet has intentionally been put in our path to help raise our level of consciousness.

At the most one could say that his chi or ... personal god was good. But the Ibo people have a proverb that when a man says yes his chi says yes also. Okonkwo said yes very strongly; so his chi agreed.

If you had been poor in your last life I would have asked you to be rich when you come again. But you were rich. If you had been a coward, I would have asked you to bring courage. But you were a fearless warrior. If you had died young, I would have asked you to get life. But you lived long. So I shall ask you to come again the way you came before.

Who ever planted an iroko tree - the greatest tree in the forest? You may collect all the iroko seeds in the world, open the soil and put them there. It will be in vain. The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with greatness in men.

But the Ibo people have a proverb that when a man says yes his chi says yes also.

A man could not rise beyond the destiny of his chi

The boy who persists in asking what happened to his father before he has enough strength to avenge him is asking for his father's fate...

My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt. —William Blake

I dont want to die Then you shouldnt have been born

Love comes like lightning, and disappears the same way. If you are lucky, it strikes you right. If not, you'll spend your life yearning for a man you can't have.

Aren't we all pawns in the hands of time, the greatest player of them all?

Do you suppose a woman knows why she loves? Does she select? Does she say to herself, 'Go to! here is a distinguished statesman with presidential possibilities; I shall proceed to fall in love with him.' or, 'I shall set my heart upon this musician, whose fame is on every tongue?' or 'this financier, who controls the world's money markets?

Attention Morte. I have a question. Do you have a destiny? A purpose? Is Annah still wearing clothes? Affirmatory. Then the answer is yes.

The message, if you think about it this way, is all about taking chances because fate or destiny or God will protect you. Take a risk, have a little faith. It's all about life, not death.

we have on earth exactly the amount of time that has been allotted to us, no more and no less. We really have precious little control.

sword of Damocles

What if he is the one who brought her to me?

You cannot plan for love. You cannot choose against it once it has come.

It was a potent reminder why most European states and America live in such opulence and determine the fate of so many others. We equip and train the most efficient killers on the planet.