fate Quotes

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.

Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.