Quotes with fate

Quotes 41 till 60 of 143.

  • Carl Sagan For the first time, we have the power to decide the fate of our planet and ourselves. This is a time of great danger, but our species is young, and curious, and brave. It shows much promise.
    Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990) 05 min 20 sec
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Ovid Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.
    Ovid
    Roman poet (43 - 17)
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  • Friedrich von Schiller He cannot complain of a hard sentence, who is made master of his own fate.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • James Graham He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.
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  • Boethius He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in the face, unbending both to good and bad: his countenance unconquered he can shew.
    Boethius
    Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, and philosopher (480 - 524)
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  • Sir William Watson His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes - cats - I believe he did but feign to hate. My hand will miss the insinuated nose, mine eyes the tail that wagg'd contempt at Fate.
    Sir William Watson
    English poet (1858 - 1935)
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  • Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is.
    Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
    German statesman (1767 - 1835)
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  • Terence How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always adding to the treasury of the wealthy.
    Terence
    Roman writer of comedies (190 - 159)
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  • Thomas Mann Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate.
    Thomas Mann
    German author, critic and Nobel laureate in literature (1929) (1875 - 1955)
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  • Vincent Van Gogh I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.
    Vincent Van Gogh
    Dutch painter (1853 - 1890)
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  • William Ernest Henley I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.
    William Ernest Henley
    English poet, critic and editor (1849 - 1903)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton 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.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • David Gemmell I don't know yet whether I fully believe in fate, but certain things do happen in a man's life that he cannot explain.
    Legend (2011)
    David Gemmell
    British author of heroic fantasy (1948 - 2006)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence I love Italian opera - it's so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I like the Italians who run all on impulse, and don't care about their immortal souls, and don't worry about the ultimate.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Anatole France I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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  • Alice Hoffman I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us.
    Alice Hoffman
    American novelist (1952 - )
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  • Alice Hoffman I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us.
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  • Abraham Cowley I would not fear nor wish my fate,
    But boldly say each night,
    To-morrow let my sun his beams display,
    Or in clouds hide them; I have lived today.
    Abraham Cowley
    English poet (1618 - 1667)
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  • Anais Nin If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way.
    Anais Nin
    French-born American Novelist, Dancer (1903 - 1977)
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  • Ogden Nash If you are really Master of your Fate, it shouldn't make any difference to you whether Cleopatra or the Bearded Lady is your mate.
    Ogden Nash
    American poet (1902 - 1971)
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