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Quotations about fate

Ralph Waldo EmersonOnce you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

 - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tags:   decisions  fate  universe  

Pearl BuckFate is unalterable only in the sense that given a cause, a certain result must follow, but no cause is inevitable in itself, and man can shape his world if he does not resign himself to ignorance.

 - Pearl S. Buck

Tags:   fate  future  ignorance  

Carl JungUntil you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

 - Carl Jung

Tags:   conscious  fate  unconscious  

George OrwellFor the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the trade unions or local politics) he feels himself master of his fate, but against major events he is as helpless as against the elements. So far from endeavoring to influence the future, he simply lies down and lets things happen to him.

 - George Orwell

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Abdul KalamBe active! Take on responsibility! Work for the things you believe in. If you do not, you are surrendering your fate to others.

 - A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Marcus AureliusWhatever may happen to thee, it was prepared for thee from all eternity; and the implication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread of thy being, and of that which is incident to it.

 - Marcus Aurelius

Tags:   causes  effects  eternity  fate  

Horace Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.

 - Horace

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AristotleAll who have meditated on the art of governing humankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.

 - Aristotle

Tags:   education  fate  humanity  

There is no scientific basis for how movement of planets and stars can influence our fate. There is no reason for time of birth to influence events years later. The predictions made are either obvious or shown to be random ... A culture based on superstitions will do worse than one based on scientific knowledge and rational thoughts.

 - Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Tags:   fate  science  superstition  

William ShakespeareSome are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Your fate awaits you. Accept it in body and spirit.

 - William Shakespeare

Tags:   destiny  fate  greatness