Sometimes, meeting someone feels like destiny. You might cross paths with a stranger, and suddenly, life takes a new turn. Such moments seem to be guided by an invisible hand, leading you toward connections that feel meant to be.
Quotes about fate and meetings capture this magic. They remind us how special these encounters are. Here, we share some of the best quotes that highlight the beauty and wonder of meeting someone by chance.
Quotes About Destiny and Connections
“Sometimes, soulmates may meet, stay together until a task or life lesson is completed, and then move on. This is not a tragedy, only a matter of learning.” – Brian Weiss
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
“In a world full of temporary things, you are my forever.” – Unknown
“It’s a wonder how one person can make the world seem brighter, with just a glance.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you I had no control over.” – Teresa Conroy
“We are all connected; to each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe, atomically.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson
“A moment in time can change everything, bringing two souls together as though the universe had planned it all along.” – Unknown
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” – Carl Jung
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“Our paths may change as life goes along, but the bond between us remains ever strong.” – Unknown
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
“Sometimes, people are meant to fall in love, but not meant to be together.” – Unknown
“There are no accidental meetings between souls.” – Sheila Burke
“We were written in the stars.” – Unknown
“In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you.” – Jackie, Everything Everywhere All at Once
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When two people are meant for each other, no time is too long, no distance is too far, and no one can ever tear them apart.” – Unknown
“Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.” – J.K. Rowling
“You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” – Carl Sagan
“Some connections are made for life. Even if they don’t last forever, they change you in ways that do.” – Unknown
“The people who are meant to be in your life will always gravitate back towards you, no matter how far they wander.” – Unknown
“The best kinds of relationships begin unexpectedly, and often end with a lifelong journey.” – Unknown
“Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart.” – Ancient Indian Proverb
“It is the fate of all things to rise and fall, to begin and end. The trick is finding the courage to start again.” – Meagan Spooner
“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.” – Plato
“Life has a way of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once.” – Paulo Coelho
“We are all just walking each other home.” – Ram Dass
“When two hearts are meant for each other, no distance is too far, no time is too long, and no other love can break them apart.” – Unknown
“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” – Laurell K. Hamilton
Love Quotes on Fate and Serendipity
“Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
“We loved with a love that was more than love.” – Edgar Allan Poe
“A heart that loves will always have hope.” – Maya Angelou
“Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control.” – Unknown
“When love feels like magic, you call it destiny. When destiny has a sense of humor, you call it serendipity.” – Unknown
“I think the best relationships are the ones that are unexpected; the ones you never saw coming.” – Unknown
“You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“Serendipity always rewards the prepared.” – Katori Hall
“Each meeting occurs at the precise moment for which it was meant. Usually, when it will have the greatest impact on our lives.” – Nadia Scrieva, Drowned
“In a sea of people, my eyes will always search for you.” – Unknown
“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
“It’s amazing how one day someone walks into your life, and you cannot remember how you ever lived without them.” – Anurag Prakash Ray
“True love is finding your soul mate in your best friend.” – Faye Hall
“Our soulmates seldom appeal to our personality—our ego. That’s why they are called soulmates rather than egomates.” – Carolyn Myss
“It’s no accident that two hearts come together to share such a profound, meaningful bond.” – Unknown
“Maybe all the people who don’t understand love just haven’t met their soulmate yet.” – Unknown
“The first time ever I saw your face, I thought the sun rose in your eyes.” – Ewan MacColl
“You are my blue crayon, the one I never have enough of, the one I use to color my sky.” – A.R. Asher
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.” – Jane Austen
“Sometimes you meet someone, and it’s so clear that the two of you, on some level, belong together.” – Unknown
“If I know what love is, it is because of you.” – Hermann Hesse
“What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life?” – George Eliot
“When two hearts are meant for each other, no distance is too far, no time is too long, and no other love can break them apart.” – Unknown
“You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you.” – Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that’s true.” – Daniel Wallace, Big Fish
“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” – Dr. Seuss
“It’s not about finding someone who will change the world for you, but finding someone who will be your world.” – Alina Villalobos
“Love is a meeting of two souls, fully accepting the dark and the light within each other, bound by the courage to grow through the challenges into bliss.” – Unknown
Inspirational Quotes on Fate Meeting Someone
“Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control.” – Anonymous
“Sometimes, things have to fall apart to make way for better things. Sometimes, you have to let go of the good things to get the great things God has in store for you.” – Trent Shelton
“Two souls don’t find each other by simple accident.” – Jorge Luis Borges
“Fate determines who walks into your life. You decide who you let stay, who you let walk away, and who you refuse to let go.” – Anonymous
“When the universe conspires to make something happen, it can’t be stopped.” – Paulo Coelho
“There are no coincidences in life. What person that wandered into your life seemed either by chance or by divine intervention?” – Jenny Han
“In a sea of people, my eyes will always search for you.” – Anonymous
“I have crossed oceans of time to find you.” – Bram Stoker, ‘Dracula’
“We were destined to meet each other; neither it was early, nor too late.” – Amit Kalantri
“Love is not something you plan, it’s something that happens.” – Anonymous
“You and I were meant to be together. Period. The end.” – J.R. Ward, ‘Lover Mine’
“Our meeting was a matter of fate, our friendship more precious than gold, and our love a journey to be forever told.” – Anonymous
“There is no such thing as a chance encounter. It’s all fate.” – Haruki Murakami
“Sometimes the world seems like a giant tension machine that has been engineered to help you discover who you are.” – Anonymous
“We don’t meet people by accident. They are meant to cross our path for a reason.” – Anonymous
“Every person you meet has a role in your life, be it big or small. Some will help you grow, some will hurt you, some will inspire you to do better.” – Anonymous
“One can be an agent of fate who comes into another’s life, by God’s hand.” – Anonymous
“There was no accident in finding you, it was destiny that brought us together.” – Jane Green
“we will always meet who we were meant to meet.” – Anonymous
“The threads of fate have bound us together, intertwined with destiny’s hand.” – Anonymous
“I think the universe put us in the same path for a reason.” – Anonymous
“True encounters are rarely accidental, often orchestrated by the unseen hands of fate.” – Anonymous
“Your soul and mine are forever intertwined by destiny’s design.” – Anonymous
“There’s a purpose behind everyone you meet, even if the purpose is unclear at first.” – Anonymous
“When destiny calls, the heart responds.” – Anonymous
“Every moment leads to a meeting, it’s a small collision of the universe’s destiny.” – Anonymous
“Fate arranges the threads of our lives, leading us to the people we need to meet.” – Anonymous
“You were a stranger, but you felt like home.” – Anonymous
“Some connections are too powerful to be mere coincidence.” – Anonymous
“In the tapestry of life, certain encounters are woven by fate.” – Anonymous
Heartfelt Quotes on Fate Bringing People Together
“Fate is what brings two people together, even if it takes a lifetime.” – Unknown
“Destiny has a way of finding the right people at the right moments.” – Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven
“We are all tied together in a single garment of destiny.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“There are no accidental meetings between souls.” – Sheila Burke
“Some people are meant to fall in love with each other, but not meant to be together.” – Scott Neustadter, 500 Days of Summer
“Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.” – Seneca
“Your future is determined by who you choose to befriend, and who you choose to ignore.” – Unknown
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
“Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control.” – Unknown
“We were destined to meet; it was written in the stars.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you.” – Rumi
“The world conspires to bring people together, not to tear them apart.” – Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
“Fate brought us together, but it’s my heart that keeps us connected.” – Unknown
“It’s funny how fate works. It brought me to you.” – Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
“It’s written in the stars, you and I were meant to meet.” – Unknown
“Chance made us acquaintances, but fate made us friends.” – Unknown
“You are my fate, my destiny, my soul mate.” – Unknown
“Sometimes the wrong train takes you to the right station.” – Paulo Coelho
“Fate has a funny way of working out just when you start to believe it never will.” – Unknown
“we will meet, because the universe decided so.” – Unknown
“The heart knows what the mind cannot understand.” – Unknown
“Love will find its way through paths where wolves fear to prey.” – Lord Byron
“Two people destined to be together will always find their way back to each other.” – Unknown
“Every path you take leads to another chance encounter.” – Charles Dickens
“Fate has a way of connecting hearts, even across time and distance.” – Unknown
“In a single moment, our lives intersected and changed forever.” – Unknown
“When fate whispers to the heart, the heart listens.” – Unknown
“Life has a way of bringing the right people to you at the right moments.” – Unknown
“The universe has a plan, and sometimes we just need to trust the process.” – Unknown
“To meet someone and know that it’s fate is a feeling beyond compare.” – Unknown
Famous Quotes About Fate and Relationships
“Fate is the meetings of two souls that are always destined to find each other.” – Anon
“Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control.” – Unknown
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” – Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
“You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.” – Sam Keen
“The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you.” – Jalaluddin Rumi
“Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice.” – William Jennings Bryan
“We were always meant to meet, it just took a little longer than we’d hoped.” – Anon
“Fate brings two people together and it is love’s job to keep them there.” – Unknown
“The moment you’re ready to quit is usually the moment right before a miracle happens. Don’t give up on love.” – Unknown
“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.” – Plato
“Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“We loved with a love that was more than love.” – Edgar Allan Poe
“Love doesn’t make the world go ’round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Franklin P. Jones
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” – Jalaluddin Rumi
“Two people destined to be together will always find their way back.” – Unknown
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.” – Blaise Pascal
“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” – Robert Frost
“True love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach
“Fate decides who comes into your life, but your heart decides who stays.” – Unknown
“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.” – Maya Angelou
“When love is destined, it will always find a way.” – Anon
“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
“I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love.” – Gabriel García Márquez
“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.” – Oscar Wilde
“It’s amazing how one day someone walks into your life, and you can’t remember how you ever lived without them.” – Anon
“Sometimes, you meet someone, and it’s so clear that the two of you, on some level belong together.” – Unknown
“Love is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more.” – Nicholas Sparks
“I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
“When two hearts are meant for each other, no distance is too far, no time too long, and no other love can break them apart.” – Unknown
Short Quotes on Fate and Unexpected Meetings
“We don’t meet people by accident. They are meant to cross our path for a reason.” — Unknown
“Sometimes you meet a person and you just click—you’re comfortable with them like you’ve known them your whole life, and you don’t have to pretend to be anyone or anything.” — Alex Rae
“Some things are destined to be—it just takes us a couple of tries to get there.” — J.R. Ward
“Meeting someone was like seeing a reflection in the water: distorted, intriguing, but ultimately revealing a deeper truth.” — Original
“Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.” — T.S. Eliot
“It’s amazing how one day someone walks into your life, and you cannot remember how you ever lived without them.” — Anurag Prakash Ray
“Fate brings people together no matter how far apart they may be.” — Chinese Proverb
“There are no accidental meetings between souls.” — Sheila Burke
“The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don’t celebrate those, they can pass you by.” — Alek Wek
“Nothing about fate is random. It’s just the undiscovered pattern of your soul weaving together life’s grand tapestry.” — Original
“Every person has a story. Every meeting is a chapter in the great book of life.” — Original
“The best things in life are unexpected because there were no expectations.” — Eli Khamarov
“There is no such thing as a chance meeting; everything is part of a larger story.” — Harriet Evans
“Whatever is meant to be will always find its way.” — Trisha Yearwood
“We meet the people we’re supposed to when the time is just right.” — Alyson Noël
“A simple hello could lead to a million things.” — Unknown
“One day, someone will walk into your life and make you see why it never worked out with anyone else.” — Unknown
“Every moment of searching is a moment of encountering.” — Paulo Coelho
“The surest way to meet someone is to not look for them.” — Original
“Meeting someone new is like a blank page in the book of life; you never know what story will be written.” — Original
“Fate loves the fearless.” — James Russell Lowell
“Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.” — L. Frank Baum
“Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” — Erol Ozan
“First encounters are nothing but the embroidering threads of the grand design.” — Original
“To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.” — Dr. Seuss
“It’s the unexpected encounters that leave the most lasting impressions.” — Original
“We are all pieces of a cosmic jigsaw puzzle, meeting the people we are meant to fit with.” — Original
“Some people cross your path and change your whole direction.” — Unknown
“Sometimes, you need to step outside, get some air, and remind yourself of who you are and who you want to be.” — Gossip Girl
To Wrap Things Up
Whether you believe in fate or not, quotes about meeting someone by chance can be quite inspiring. They remind us that unexpected connections can bring joy, change, and growth into our lives. When we reflect on these quotes, we see how moments of serendipity can turn into meaningful relationships.
Next time you meet someone new, think about the power of fate and the possibilities it holds. These quotes can help keep you open to new experiences and the magic they might bring. After all, sometimes the most important people in our lives come from the most unexpected places.