65 Fate Quotes About Love and Life (DESTINY)

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Top 12 Most Famous Fate Quotes (BEST)

“I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed.”
Paulo Coelho

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart. - Marcus Aurelius — Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart. – **Marcus Aurelius**

“Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.”
Sun Tzu

I am the master of my fate and the captain of my destiny. - Nelson Mandela — I am the master of my fate and the captain of my destiny. – **Nelson Mandela**

What’s meant to be will always find a way. - Trisha Yearwood — What’s meant to be will always find a way. – Trisha Yearwood

Fate loves the fearless. - James Russell Lowell — Fate loves the fearless. – James Russell Lowell

Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like. - Lemony Snicket — Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don’t always like. – Lemony Snicket

You speak of destiny as if it was fixed. - Philip Pullman — You speak of destiny as if it was fixed. – Philip Pullman

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be. - John Lennon — There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be. – **John Lennon**

Our choices determine our destiny. - A.R. Bernard — Our choices determine our destiny. – A.R. Bernard

To live alone is the fate of all great souls. - Arthur Schopenhauer — To live alone is the fate of all great souls. – Arthur Schopenhauer

Top 20 Quotes About Fate in Love and in Life

“This death to the logic of emotional commitments of our chance moment in the world of space and time, this recognition of, the shift of our emphasis to, the universal life that throbs and celebrates its victory in the very kiss of our own annihilation, this amor fati, ‘love of fate,’ love of the fate that is inevitably death, constitutes the experience of the tragic art.”
Joseph Campbell

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. - Ralph Waldo Emerson — Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. – **Ralph Waldo Emerson**

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 — 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

One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying. - Joan of Arc — One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying. – Joan of Arc

Fate loves best such syllables as are sweet and sonorous on the tongue. - James Russell Lowell — Fate loves best such syllables as are sweet and sonorous on the tongue. – James Russell Lowell

“I really believe in fate and that everything happens for a reason. There’s always a plan. Even things that happen to you that feel like an obstacle or a disaster in the moment will pave the way for your next step.”
Fala Chen

The future is not in the hands of fate, but in ours. - L. Bark — The **future** is not in the hands of fate, but in ours. – L. Bark

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate. - Henry David Thoreau — It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate. – **Henry David Thoreau**

The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much. - Amelia Barr — The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much. – Amelia Barr

We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody. - R. Buckminster Fuller — We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody. – **R. Buckminster Fuller**

I am the master of my fate and I am the captain of my boat. While ups and downs are a part of everyone's journey, how you face it makes you the person or artiste you are. - Jubin Nautiyal — I am the master of my fate and I am the captain of my boat. While ups and downs are a part of everyone’s **journey**, how you face it makes you the person or artiste you are. – Jubin Nautiyal

Fate decides who comes into your life, your heart decides who stays. - Unknown — Fate decides who comes into your life, your heart decides who stays. – Unknown

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. - Franklin D. Roosevelt — Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. – **Franklin D. Roosevelt**

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate. - Carl Jung — When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate. – **Carl Jung**

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed. - Napoleon Bonaparte — There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed. – **Napoleon Bonaparte**

Fate is not quite as strange as it appears! - John McLeod — Fate is not quite as strange as it appears! – John McLeod

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. - Buddha — 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. – **Buddha**

Perhaps fate laid out your life for you like a dress on a bed, and you could either wear it or go naked. - Laini Taylor — Perhaps fate laid out your life for you like a dress on a bed, and you could either wear it or go naked. – Laini Taylor

Every person has the power to change their fate if they are brave enough to fight for what they desire more than anything. - Stephanie Garber — Every person has the power to change their fate if they are brave enough to fight for what they desire more than anything. – Stephanie Garber

Yet it would be your duty to bear it, if you could not avoid it it is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear. - Charlotte Bronte — Yet it would be your **duty** to bear it, if you could not avoid it: it is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear. – **Charlotte Bronte**

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. - Gautama Buddha — No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. – Gautama Buddha

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade. - Dale Carnegie — When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade. – **Dale Carnegie**

20 Wise Quotes About Fate (WISDOM)

“There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I spend my time, whom I interact with, whom I share my body and life and money and energy with. I can select what I can read and eat and study. I can choose how I’m going to regard unfortunate circumstances in my life-whether I will see them as curses or opportunities. I can choose my words and the tone of voice in which I speak to others. And most of all, I can choose my thoughts.”
Elizabeth Gilbert

Do not be afraid; our fate cannot be taken from us; it is a gift. - Dante Alighieri — Do not be afraid; our fate cannot be taken from us; it is a gift. – **Dante Alighieri**

A man's character is his fate. - Heraclitus — A man’s **character** is his fate. – **Heraclitus**

Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. - Amy Tan — Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention. – Amy Tan

I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with. - Fannie Flagg — I wonder how many people don’t get the one they want, but end up with the one they’re supposed to be with. – Fannie Flagg

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude. - Charles Revson — If you can’t change your fate, change your **attitude**. – Charles Revson

Everyone shares the same fate. - Alan Lightman — Everyone shares the same fate. – Alan Lightman

Strange things conspire when one tries to cheat fate. - Rick Riordan — Strange things conspire when one tries to cheat fate. – Rick Riordan

Fate rules the affairs of mankind with no recognizable order. - Seneca — Fate rules the affairs of mankind with no recognizable order. – **Seneca**

Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him. - Groucho Marx — Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him. – Groucho Marx

Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible. - Lisa Kleypas — Sometimes life has a cruel sense of **humor**, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible. – Lisa Kleypas

Well, these sad and hopeless obstacles are welcome in one sense, for they enable us to look with indifference upon the cruel satires that fate loves to indulge in. - Thomas Hardy — Well, these sad and hopeless obstacles are welcome in one sense, for they enable us to look with indifference upon the cruel satires that fate loves to indulge in. – **Thomas Hardy**

We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate. - Amy Tan — We **dream** to give ourselves **hope**. To stop dreaming – well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate. – Amy Tan

My fate is in the hands of almighty Allah. - Yahya Jammeh — My fate is in the hands of almighty Allah. – Yahya Jammeh

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence. - Ralph Waldo Emerson — Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence. – **Ralph Waldo Emerson**

When it comes to life, we spin our own yarn, and where we end up is really, in fact, where we always intended to be. - Julia Glass — When it comes to life, we spin our own yarn, and where we end up is really, in fact, where we always intended to be. – Julia Glass

The babe in arms is a channel through which the energies we call fate, love, and reason visibly stream. - Ralph Waldo Emerson — The babe in arms is a channel through which the energies we call fate, love, and reason visibly stream. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

You don't find love, it finds you. It's got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what's written in the stars. - Anaïs Nin — You don’t find love, it finds you. It’s got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what’s written in the stars. – **Anaïs Nin**

Love cannot save you from your own fate. - Jim Morrison — Love cannot save you from your own fate. – Jim Morrison

Sometimes even the greatest love has to end so your destiny can begin. - Unknown — Sometimes even the greatest love has to end so your destiny can begin. – Unknown

11 Quotes About Fate that Will Make You Think & Ponder

“God who is eternally complete, who directs the stars, who is the master of fates, who elevates man from his lowliness to Himself, who speaks from the cosmos to every single human soul, is the most brilliant manifestation of the goal of perfection.”
Alfred Adler

Sometimes our fate is different from the one we imagined for ourselves. - Jean Kwok — Sometimes our fate is different from the one we imagined for ourselves. – Jean Kwok

Fate throws fortune, but not everyone catches. - Polish Proverb — Fate throws **fortune**, but not everyone catches. – **Polish Proverb**

Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant. - Seneca — Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant. – **Seneca**

“Maybe there isn’t such a thing as fate. Maybe it’s just the opportunities we’re given, and what we do with them. I’m beginning to think that maybe great, epic romances don’t just happen. We have to make them ourselves.”
Marissa Meyer