#fate

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 K. Chesterton

#believe #falls #fate #however #i

It was as simple as that - they met. As simple as only beautiful things can be beautiful, as only life-changing things, turning-point things, can be simple. ("For The Rest Of Her Life") ↗

— Cornell Woolrich

#fate #life-changing #love #meeting #relationship

Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us! ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#fate #how #longer #oh #pity

You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be bringing about by yourself. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#bring #bringing #changes #fate #life

It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. ↗

— John Philpot Curran

#become #common #fate #indolent #prey

Saddam's fate should be in the hands of his country men. They were the major victims of his brutal reign and should decide his life, death, or permanent imprisonment. Personally, I would lock him away forever. ↗

— Ronnie James Dio

#brutal #country #death #decide #fate

Fate was a reality, but it wasn’t a beautiful or angelic thing. It was a heart-wrenching nightmare. And we’d fallen blindly into it. We had no escape. It was happening, and it was up to me to guarantee our survival of it. (Eric) ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

#beautiful #choice #destiny #fate #fiction

It is the fate of operating systems to become free. ↗

— Neal Stephenson

#fate #free #operating #operating systems #systems

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young. ↗

— Duke Ellington

#being #fate #kind #me #too

Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait. ↗

— Gene Fowler

#any #doing #fate #heart #labor