"Stern fate and time Will have their victims; and the best die first, Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime, To curse the hopeless world they ever curs'd, Vaunting vile deeds, and vainest of the worst."

"All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey."

"Tolluntur in altum Ut lapsu graviore ruant."

"Le vin est versé, il faut le boire."

"Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate; And whatever sky's above me, Here's a heart for every fate."

"Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why, then, should we desire to be deceived?"

"Yet who shall shut out Fate?"

"The bow is bent, the arrow flies, The wingéd shaft of fate."

"GaeS a wyrd swa hio scel."

"Wyrd bið ful aræd."

"The Oracle: You're going to have to make a choice. In the one hand you'll have Morpheus' life and in the other hand you'll have your own. One of you is going to die. Which one will be up to you. I'm sorry, kiddo, I really am. You have a good soul, and I hate giving good people bad news. Oh, don't worry about it. As soon as you step outside that door, you'll start feeling better. You'll remember you don't believe in any of this fate crap. You're in control of your own life, remember? Here, take a cookie. I promise, by the time you're done eating it, you'll feel right as rain."

"Durate, et vosmet rebus servate secundis."

"Human effort can be used for self-betterment and that there is no such thing as an external fate imposed by the gods."

"Fate is a wet bank; it can make one slip."

"Fate is a raging storm blowing over the Land."

"Fate is a dog, well able to bite."

"Let me tell you about my fate: it is an insult. Let me explain it to you: it is a disgrace. Were I to tell my neighbour about my fate, he would heap insults upon me. I looked into the water. My destiny was drifting past. I was born on an ill-fated day."

"As the old hermit of Prague … said,… "That that is, is.""

"Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe; What is decreed must be, and be this so."

"You fools! I and my fellows Are ministers of Fate; the elements Of whom your swords are temper'd, may as well Wound the loud winds, or with bemock'd-at stabs Kill the still-closing waters, as diminish One dowle that's in my plume."

"But, O vain boast! Who can control his fate?"

"But yet I'll make assurance double sure, And take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live."

"What should be spoken here, where our fate, Hid within an auger-hole, may rush, and seize us?"

"Fates, we will know your pleasures: That we shall die we know; 'tis but the time And drawing days out, that men stand upon."

"If thou read this, O Cæsar, thou mayst live; If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive."

"With equal pace, impartial Fate Knocks at the palace, as the cottage gate."

"What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide."

"O God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolutions of the times Make mountains level, and the continent Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea!"

"A pig which was about to be slaughtered by the pig-butcher squealed. (The butcher said:) "Your ancestors and forebears walked this road, and now you too are walking it, so why are you squealing?""

"Our wills and fates do so contrary run That our devices still are overthrown; Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own."

"My fate cries out, And makes each petty artery in this body As hardy as the Numean lion's nerve."

"Eat, speak, and move, under the influence of the most received star; and though the devil lead the measure such are to be followed."

"Vivite felices, quibus est fortuna peracta Jam sua: nos alia ex aliis in fata vocamur."

"I do not believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing."

"Fate is Never Final."

"Fool, don't you know you cannot change your fate."

"So long as it fated, fate didn’t care what it fated."

"We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us."

"Everything is preordained. Even my responses."

"All are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme."

"To bear is to conquer our fate."

"'Tis strange how the heart can create Or colour from itself its fate; We make ourselves our own distress, We are ourselves our happiness."

"There is no such thing as a historical fatality; there is only a historical nemesis which punishes those who have hesitated to act when action was still possible."

"Naomi: Each person is born with their fate written into their own genetic code... it's unchangeable, immutable... But that's not all there is to life. I finally realized that. I told you before. The reason that I was interested in genes and DNA. Because I wanted to know who I was... where I came from. I thought that if I analyzed my DNA I could find out who I was, who my parents were. And I thought that if I knew that, then I'd know what path I should take in life. But I was wrong. I didn't find anything. I didn't learn anything. Just like with the Genome Soldiers... you can input all the genetic information, but that doesn't make them into the strongest soldiers. The most we can say about DNA is that it governs a person's potential strengths... potential destiny. You mustn't allow yourself to be chained to fate... to be ruled by your genes. Humans can choose the type of life they want to live."

"'Tis Fate that flings the dice, And as she flings Of kings makes peasants, And of peasants kings."

"We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never so little scar. ...Nothing we ever do is, in strict scientific literalness, wiped out."

"Adam: Nature mandates that mankind will eventually succumb to its poison. However, humans created their own poison, called medicine. It's delusional to believe you can poison Nature to avoid your fate."

"How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is."

"Marty, the future isn't written. It can be changed. You know that. Anyone can make their future whatever they want it to be."