(581 quotes found)
“The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.”
Emile Zola
“The individual must not merely wait and criticize, he must defend the cause the best he can. The fate of the world will be such as the world deserves.”
Albert Einstein
“It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul”
William Ernest Henley
“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
“I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.”
Anatole France
“I was raised to believe that God has a plan for everyone and that seemingly random twists of fate are all a part of His plan.”
Ronald Reagan
“Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are means to mobilize the resources and energies of the business for the making of the future.”
Peter F. Drucker
“To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable”
Helen Keller
“Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind.”
Jeanette Winterson
