#fate

We have become makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets. ↗

— Karl Popper

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Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#been #chess #dice #fate #find

Life is indeed a gamble, the ultimate game of chance, based purely upon having the ability to make the right choices at the right time. You never win or lose in life if you realise it is all just for the experience. Learn to create your own destiny, don't wait to see what fate throws your way. ↗

— Steven Redhead

#chance #choices #destiny #fate #game-of-chance

Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places. ↗

— Mary Renault

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I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain. ↗

— Arthur Rimbaud

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When a high-profile personality lives like I do, everybody thinks that person is fated to die young. ↗

— Dennis Rodman

#everybody #fated #high-profile #i #i do

I don't believe in fate or destiny. I believe in various degrees of hatred, paranoia, and abandonment. However much of that gets heaped upon you doesn't matter - it's only a matter of how much you can take and what it does to you. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#believe #degrees #destiny #does #fate

Man blindly works the will of fate. ↗

— Christoph Martin Wieland

#fate #man #will #works

Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations. ↗

— Thomas Gray

#commerce #fate #genius #nations

But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, when we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late. ↗

— Will Carleton

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