Fate Quotes: Sayings about Kismet and Life’s Cosmic Plan

Fate is one of life’s most mysterious forces. It’s the unseen hand that shapes our paths and leads us toward our destinies, even when we don’t fully understand it. Some believe fate is predetermined, while others feel it’s something we can influence with our actions. Whether you see it as luck, destiny, or simply the natural course of life, these fate quotes will offer thought-provoking perspectives on the power of fate and how it impacts our lives.

Quotes on Accepting Fate

Fate can be both comforting and unsettling. While we cannot control everything, accepting what fate brings us can provide peace and understanding. These quotes remind us to trust the journey, even when we don’t fully comprehend it.

  • What’s meant to be will always find its way. – Trisha Yearwood
  • Live your life to the fullest because you never know when it will end.
  • Fate doesn’t ask you what you want. Fate knows what’s best even if you don’t.
  • In the end what’s meant to be will ALWAYS find a way!
  • Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny. – Kamran Hamid
  • Whatever is going to happen will happen, whether we worry or not. – Ana Monnar
  • There is no such thing as fate, you choose which path you walk down. There is nothing dragging you down a path you haven’t chosen.
  • To change your fate, you must first change yourself, as it is you that creates your fate.
  • Fate – everything happens for a reason. And when fate happens, look for the good in it as it is there. – Catherine Pulsifer
  • 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
  • You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it. – Goldie Hawn
  • Each man is the architect of his own fate. – Appius Claudius
  • Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant. – Seneca
  • Fate is something we meet often on the way to our end!
  • Fate is the future that you determine for yourself now.
  • There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be. – John Lennon
  • Destiny has two ways of crushing us… By refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. – Henri-Frederic Amiel
  • Fate is something that reveals itself only when you cannot think of any other option to take. – Damon Renole
  • When we were born our destiny was already drawn.
  • There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed. – Napoleon Bonaparte
  • He who says he believes in fate still looks both ways before crossing the street.
  • Fate is an excuse for failure.
  • Fate pulls you in different directions. – Clint Eastwood
  • Fate is destiny to follow, hold on and never give up. Just enjoy the good times life can bring.

Quotes on Challenging Fate

While fate can feel like an unchangeable force, many believe that it can be shaped by our actions and determination. These quotes inspire us to challenge fate, take control of our lives, and create our own destiny.

  • There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  • Free will gives us the power to reshuffle the cards of our destiny.
  • Choice, not chance, determines destiny.
  • Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Fate may choose your destination, but your mind and heart lie unaltered.
  • Fate is for those who wait. Destiny is for those who act.
  • Every man has a million paths he could walk. Choosing the right one is hard, letting your feet carry you is destiny.
  • Fate is the book that you can’t read the ending before you get there.
  • You can’t escape your fate.
  • Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try. – Mary Kay Ash
  • Resolve to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her. – Louisa May Alcott
  • To be a victim is to let other people decide your fate; I would prefer to determine my own fate.
  • The Best way to Predict the future is to Create it.
  • There is no fate but what we make.
  • Actions are the seeds of fate. Deeds grow into destiny. – Harry S. Truman
  • Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Fate has nothing to do with what you’re doing because you decide what you want to do.
  • Do not sit around waiting for fate to throw you one particular ball; get up and catch every one that is hurled your way.
  • Fate has a funny knack to always work out.
  • Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will rule your life and you will call it fate. – Carl Jung
  • Fate loves the fearless.
  • Do you believe in fate? Then why did I meet you?
  • Sometimes you try your best in life. But then your fate reminds you that it is in power of your life. – Faiza (the angelwithouthalo)
  • For every reason you have to give up and quit I have a reason to win.

Quotes on the Mysteries of Fate

Fate can be unpredictable and full of surprises. It often brings us to places we never expected or takes us down paths we didn’t plan. These quotes capture the wonder, mystery, and intrigue that fate carries with it.

  • Coincidences are the scars of fate. – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  • 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 plays cruel jokes but still laugh.
  • Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible. – Lisa Kleypas
  • Fate pulls you in directions you never thought you’d go.
  • Fate often saves the best for last, though we don’t always see it coming.
  • Fate is something like a trap, it checks our wisdom.
  • Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be. – Joseph Butler
  • Destiny is a worrying concept. I don’t want to be fated, I want to choose. – Jeanette Winterson
  • Fate is like a game, winning depends on your performance. – P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar
  • Fate is the future that you determined for yourself now.
  • Life calls the tune, we dance. – John Galsworthy
  • He cannot complain of a hard sentence, who is made master of his own fate. – Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
  • There is no hope. There’s no reason to keep trying. Because you must. This is not hope. Not reason. This is your fate. – Amy Tan
  • Fate is nothing but the excuses we make for things we didn’t choose.
  • Fate is word that only exists in the dictionary of a man who can’t fight for his survival and future.
  • Fate is destiny, but it’s up to you to give it meaning.
  • Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.
  • Everything comes gradually at its appointed hour.
  • Fate governs all, but only we can give it purpose.
  • Fate has a funny way of catching us by surprise.
  • Fate only reveals its hand when we’ve played ours.
  • Faith is the host of the unknown, whatever, wherever that might be.
  • 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
  • Fate pulls us through life like a tide, no matter how hard we swim against it.

Quotes on Fate and Free Will

The relationship between fate and free will is one of the oldest philosophical debates. These quotes explore the idea that while fate may guide us, we still have the power to make choices that shape our own lives.

  • Fate depends on our karma. Everyone is responsible for his or her destiny.
  • Fate is the future that you determine by your present actions.
  • Free will gives us the power to reshuffle the cards of our destiny.
  • There is no such thing as fate, you choose which path you walk down.
  • Fate is not waiting, but believing.
  • Fate – winners refuse to believe in it and losers use it as an excuse.
  • Fate is something we meet often on the way to our end!
  • Fate is just a fancy way of saying luck.
  • A man’s character is his fate. – Heraclitus
  • Every man has his own destiny; the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him. – Henry Miller
  • Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant. – Seneca
  • We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair. – Philip Pullman
  • Fate brings people together, but choices shape their lives.
  • Fate is the journey we walk, but free will is the shoes we wear.
  • Fate loves the fearless, but rewards the bold.
  • Fate is the card game of life, but free will lets you reshuffle the deck.
  • Fate has its plans, but we can choose how we respond to them.
  • What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate. – Henry David Thoreau
  • He cannot complain of a hard sentence who is made master of his own fate. – Friedrich von Schiller
  • Fate is the script, but free will is the improvisation.
  • We cannot choose our fate, but we can choose how we live with it.
  • Destiny is what we are fated to become, but free will lets us decide how we get there.

As we reflect on the concept of fate, it’s clear that while fate may guide us, our choices and actions still play a vital role in shaping our journey. These quotes remind us that while fate can be mysterious, unpredictable, and even challenging, it also offers opportunities for growth, resilience, and discovery.

Whether you believe in destiny or in creating your own path, the balance between fate and free will is what makes life fascinating. Embrace the uncertainty, make bold decisions, and let fate be a guide—but never an excuse. After all, it’s not just about where fate takes us, but how we respond to it that truly matters.

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