An aphorism is nothing else but the slightest
QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON FATE
Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-1881, Swiss philosopher, poet, critic)
Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
Marcus Aurelius (121-12180, Roman emperor, philosopher)
Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.
Marcus Aurelius (121-12180, Roman emperor, philosopher)
Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626, British philosopher, essayist, statesman)
Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626, British philosopher, essayist, statesman)
I want to seize fate by the throat.
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827, German composer)
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973, Anglo-Irish novelist)
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973, Anglo-Irish novelist)
Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873, British novelist, poet)
Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.
Lord Byron (1788-1824, British poet)
But now our fate from unmomentous things, may rise like rivers out of little springs.
Patrick Campbell (1913-1980, Irish humorist)
The men and woman who make the best boon companions seem to have given up hope of doing something else...some defect of talent or opportunity has cut them off from their pet ambition and has thus left them with leisure to take an interest in their lives of others. Your ambition may be, it makes him keep his thoughts at home. But the heartbroken people -- if I may use the word in a mild, benevolent sense -- the people whose wills are subdued to fate, give us consolation, recognition, and welcome.
John Jay Chapman (1862-1933, American author)
Fat gives things flavor.
Julia Child (1912-2004, American gourmet cook, author, and television personality)
Fat gives things flavor.
Julia Child (1912-2004, American gourmet cook, author, and television personality)
Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
Confucius (BC 551-479, Chinese ethical teacher, philosopher)
We make our fortunes and we call them fate.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881, British statesman, Prime Minister)
Seek not to know what must not be revealed, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before!
John Dryden (1631-1700, British poet, dramatist, critic)
Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
If you believe in fate, believe in it, at least, for your good.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
Whatever limits us we call fate.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.
Horace (BC 65-8, Italian poet)
I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas shall be thy fate. I only know it shall be high; I only know it shall be great.
Richard Hovey (1869-1900, American poet)
I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas shall be thy fate. I only know it shall be high; I only know it shall be great.
Richard Hovey (1869-1900, American poet)
When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.
Carl Jung (1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist)
Fate keeps on happening.
Anita Loos (1893-1981, American novelist, screenwriter)
Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate.
Thomas Mann (1875-1955, German author, critic)
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
Jean Baptiste Moliere (1622-1673, French playwright)
Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resists.
Plutarch (46-120, Greek essayist, biographer)
The wheel goes round and round, some are up and some are on the down, and still the wheel goes round.
Josephine Pollard (1843-1892, American poet)
Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.
Arabian Proverb (Sayings of Arabian origin)
One must either be the hammer or the anvil.
German Proverb (Sayings of German origin)
Every one is the architect of his own fortune.
Mathurin Regnier (1573-1613, French poet)
Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate of material possessions.
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (1890-1973, American aviator, World War I ace)
Woman's destiny is to be wanton, like the bitch, the she-wolf; she must belong to all who claim her.
Marquis De Sade (1740-1814, French author)
Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller (1759-1805, German dramatist, poet, historian)
It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860, German philosopher)
Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves; we are underlings.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
Men at sometime are the masters of their fate.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
There is tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries; on such a full sea we are now afloat; and we must take the current, the clouds folding and unfolding, beyond the horizon when it serves, or lose our ventures.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
There is no armor against fate.
James Shirley (1596-1666, British playwright)
What a man thinks of himself is what determines, or rather indicates his fate.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
Accept fate, and move on. Don't yield to the seductive pull of self-pity. Acting like a victim threatens your future.
Author Unknown
Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694-1778, French historian, writer)
Our fate, whatever it is to be, will be overcome by patience under it.
Virgil (c. 70 - 19 BC, Roman poet)
Wherever the fates lead us let us follow.
Virgil (c. 70 - 19 BC, Roman poet)
Fate is the endless chain of causation, whereby things are; the reason or formula by which the world goes on.
Citium Zeno (335-264 BC, Greek philosopher)
|
