"Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them."

Amiel, Henri Frederic on fate
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"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."

Shakespeare, William on fate   

"Men at sometime are the masters of their fate."

Shakespeare, William on fate
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"Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist."

Plutarch on fate
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"THOU, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate!"

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth on fate
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"Whatever limits us we call fate."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on fate
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"Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before!"

Dryden, John on fate
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"Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven."

Confucius on fate
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"Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be."

Aurelius, Marcus on fate
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"Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time."

Aurelius, Marcus on fate
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"Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star."

Byron, Lord on fate
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"Accept fate, and move on. Don't yield to the seductive pull of self-pity. Acting like a victim threatens your future."

Unknown, Source on fate
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