Quotes About Fate

We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed.

must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed. For what

But not only creativeness and enjoyment are meaningful. If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death human life cannot be complete.

Modul în care omul îÅŸi accept? soarta ÅŸi toat? suferinÅ£a pe care aceasta i-o cauzeaz?, modul în care îÅŸi duce crucea îi ofer? oportunit??i ample – chiar ÅŸi în cele mai teribile împrejur?ri – s? adauge un sens ÅŸi mai profund vieÅ£ii sale.

The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity—even under the most difficult circumstances—to add a deeper meaning to his life.

They form man's destiny, which is different and unique for each individual. No man and no destiny can be compared with any other man or any other destiny.

but even one such example is sufficient proof that man's inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.

The Meaning of Suffering We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed. For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one's predicament into a human achievement.

To explain everything as the result of a single factor which, moreover, is fixed by fate, has a great advantage. For then no task seems to be assigned to one; one has nothing to do but wait for the imaginary moment when the curing of this one factor will cure everything else.

there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death human life cannot be complete.

Wir alle, die wir durch tausend und abertausend glückliche Zufälle oder Gotteswunder [...] davongekommen sind, wir wissen es und können es ruhig sagen: die Besten sind nicht zurückgekommen.

Inimene on kõikjal saatusega silmitsi ja sunnitud otsustama, kas kujundada kannatus saavutuseks.

Los que hemos vuelto de allí gracias a multitud de casualidades fortuitas o milagros —como cada cual prefiera llamarlos— lo sabemos bien: los mejores de entre nosotros no regresaron.

Everybody dies. And the rest of us move on until it's our turn.

I hold a theory that, sooner or later, if a man but live long enough, certain books destined for his peculiar delight will find him, however obscure they or he may be.

Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate.

Happy he who was able to know the causes of things (felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas), and who trampled beneath his feet all fears, inexorable fate, and the roar of devouring hell.

So therefore you must lift up your eyes and seek to discern this bough, find it as is required of you, and pick it boldly.Then, if it is indeed you whom the fates are calling, it will come willingly and easily

To each man shall his own free actions bring both his suffering and his good fortune. Jupiter is impartially king over all alike. The Fates will find the way.

Woe! We are shipwrecked by fate, we are driven before the storm! (Latinus)

Then answered her son, who turns the stars in the sky: 'What way art thou bending fate, Mother? What dost thou ask For these thy ships? May vessels built by the hands Of mortal men claim an immortal right? Is Aeneas to pass, sure of the outcome, through dangers When nothing is sure? To what god is such power allowed?

This is a tale of arms and of a man. Fated to be an exile, he was the first to sail from the land of Troy and reach Italy, at its Lavinian shore. He met many tribulations on his way both by land on on the ocean; high Heaven willed it, for Juno was ruthless and could not forget her anger.

Live, and prosper, for all your adventures are past. We are called onwards from destiny to destiny. For you, your rest is won.

The gods thought otherwise. Dis aliter visum.