Fate
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Fate
Fate
Fate commonly refers to destiny, a predetermined course of events.Fate may also refer to:* Moirae or Fates, in Greek mythology* Time and fate deities, personifications of time and human fate in polytheistic religions- Film and television :...

commonly refers to destiny, a predetermined course of events.
Quotations

Wyrd bið ful aræd.

Fate remains wholly inexorable.

Fate has a way of circling back on a man, and taking him by surprise. A man sees things differently at different times in his life. This town didn't seem the same now that he was older.

"Edward Bloom" in Big Fish (screenplay by John August|John August, based on Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions|Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions (1998) by Daniel Wallace (author)|Daniel Wallace

Fate steals along with silent tread, Found oftenest in what least we dread, Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes the blow.

William Cowper, in "A Fable" (or "The Raven"), line 36

Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.

Jacques Delille|Jacques Delille, in Malheur at Pitié, canto I (1803)

How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is.

Wilhelm von Humboldt, as quoted in International Proverbs (2000) by Luzano Pancho Canlas

Fate is Never Final.

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within|Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing.

Ronald Reagan, in his first inaugural address (20 January 1981)

Fool, don't you know you cannot change your fate.

"Shadee" in Prince of Persia

For whatever reasons, Ray, call it . . . fate, call it luck, call it karma. I believe everything happens for a reason. I believe that we were destined to get thrown out of this dump.

"Dr. Peter Venkman" in Ghostbusters (1984) written by Dan Aykroyd|Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis|Harold Ramis.

 
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