You may feel like you have a calling in life. A destiny of sorts. These quotes about destiny and fate are the perfect examples of the many virtues and ways we are led down a certain path in our life.
“A man’s character is his fate.”
“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.”
“Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.”
“All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.”
“Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.”
“But I also think all of the great stories in literature deal with loneliness. Sometimes it’s by way of heartbreak, sometimes it’s by way of injustice, sometimes it’s by way of fate. There’s an infinite number of ways to examine it.”
“Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.”
“Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art.”
“Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.”
“Homelessness is the actor’s fate; physical incapacity to attain what is most required and desired by such a spirit as I am a slave to.”
“I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed.”
“I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.”
“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.”
“If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude.”
“It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.”
“It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.”
“Just because Fate doesn’t deal you the right cards, it doesn’t mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.”
“Love cannot save you from your own fate.”
“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.”
“My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger.”
“My whole life has been decided by fate.”
“Once we realize the extraordinary power we have to compose our lives, we’ll move from passive, conditioned thinking to being co-creators of our fate.”
“One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.”
“Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.”
“The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world.”
“The true adventurer goes forth aimless and uncalculating to meet and greet unknown fate.”
“There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.”
“Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.”
“To live alone is the fate of all great souls.”
“We have become makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.”
“What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.”
“When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.”
“When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death – that is heroism.”
Understanding the differences between fate and destiny will help you to distinguish each of their unique characteristics.
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