Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
- Bowen, Elizabeth

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
- Bryan, William Jennings

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
- Camus, Albert

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.
- Chesterton, G.K.

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honours depend upon heaven.
- Confucius

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

It matters not how straight the gate How charged with punishments the scroll I am the master of my fate I am the captain of my soul.
- Henley, William E.

There's someone out there for everyone-even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them. (L.A. Story)
- Martin, Steve

But blind to former as to future fate, What mortal knows his pre-existent state?
- Pope, Alexander

We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
- Popper, Karl

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.
- Seneca

Men at some time are masters of their fates:<
- Shakespeare, William

There is no armor against fate;<
- Shirley, James

Immortality--a fate worse than death.
- Shoaff, Edgar A.

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
- Bierce, Ambrose

Fate is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.
- Syrus, Publilius

The road goes ever on and on down fromthe door where it began. Now far ahead the road has gone and I must follow if I can. Pursuing it with weary feet until it joins some larger way, where many paths and errands meet -and whither then, I cannot say.
- Tolkien, J.R.R.