Sometimes, life feels like a winding path with unseen twists and turns. These moments often leave us wondering about the forces that shape our journey. Quotes about fate can offer a glimpse into the wisdom of those who have pondered these mysteries before us.
Whether you’re reflecting on past choices or considering future possibilities, the words of great thinkers can bring comfort and clarity. Here is a collection of the best fate quotes to inspire and guide you along your way.
Motivational Fate Quotes
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
“We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair.” – Philip Pullman
“Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.” – Groucho Marx
“Fate loves the fearless.” – James Russell Lowell
“Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible.” – Lisa Kleypas
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“You can’t outwit fate by standing on the side-lines placing little side-bets about the outcome of life. Either you wade in and risk everything you have to play the game or you don’t play at all. And if you don’t play you can’t win.” – Judith McNaught
“We create our fate every day we live.” – Henry Miller
“Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Fate’s a fiddler and life is a dance.” – Edith Piaf
“There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be.” – John Lennon
“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
“Fate doesn’t ask you what you want. Fate knows what’s best even if you don’t.” – S.L. Jennings
“It is written in the stars.” – Unknown
“Your life is already artful—waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.” – Toni Morrison
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We make our own fortunes and call them fate.” – Benjamin Disraeli
“Destiny is no 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.” – William Jennings Bryan
“You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.” – Goldie Hawn
“What’s meant to be will always find a way.” – Trisha Yearwood
“Coincidence is the language of the stars. For something to happen, so many forces have to be put into action.” – Paulo Coelho
“Fate is a hand of cards, but stacking the deck is your choice.” – Anonymous
“Our fates are sealed, not by the stars, but by our own choices and determination.” – Original
“The course of love never did run smooth; fate plays its part to keep us on our toes.” – Original
“Fate whispers to the warrior, ‘You cannot withstand the storm.’ The warrior whispers back, ‘I am the storm.'” – Unknown
“Destiny is usually just around the corner. Like a thief, a hooker, or a lottery vendor: its three most common personifications. But what destiny does not do is home visits. You have to go for it.” – Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.” – Dale Carnegie
“To the stars who listen and the dreams that are answered.” – Sarah J. Maas
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
Inspirational Quotes on Destined Life
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
“Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible.” – Lisa Kleypas
“Fate loves the fearless.” – James Russell Lowell
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“There is no such thing as chance; and what seems to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.” – Friedrich Schiller
“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.” – William Jennings Bryan
“What’s meant to be will always find a way.” – Trisha Yearwood
“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.” – Albert Einstein
“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you.” – Haruki Murakami
“You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.” – Goldie Hawn
“We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves.” – Rita Hayworth
“Fate, however, has a way of guiding you forward with a nudging.” – Unknown
“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” – William Ernest Henley
“Your fate is to be what you are.” – Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be.” – John Lennon
“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
“It’s a curious thing, the death of a loved one. It’s like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there’s one more stair than there is.” – Lemony Snicket
“Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand.” – Hayley Williams
“Love will find its way through paths where wolves would fear to prey.” – Lord Byron
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.” – Charlie Chaplin
“Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices. Then our choices make us.” – Anne Frank
“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard
“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice.” – William Jennings Bryan
“Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.” – Alice Sebold
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Oscar Wilde
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha
“Whatever is going to happen will happen, whether we worry or not.” – Ana Monnar
Philosophical Quotes about Fate
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
“Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant.” – Seneca
“You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.” – Goldie Hawn
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Oscar Wilde
“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
“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
“Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him.” – Groucho Marx
“Whatever is going to happen will happen, whether we worry or not.” – Ana Monnar
“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.” – Haruki Murakami
“Coincidence is the word we use when we can’t see the levers and pulleys.” – Emma Bull
“Fate loves the fearless.” – James Russell Lowell
“When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.” – Dale Carnegie
“Fate is a very mean thing.” – Sarah Weeks
“When you surrender and embrace fate, you find your true self.” – Anonymous
“Our fate lives within us, you only have to be brave enough to see it.” – Brave
“Fate brings people together no matter how far apart they may be.” – Chinese Proverb
“Some things are destined to be – it just takes us a couple of tries to get there.” – J.R. Ward
“Where there is no vision, there is no hope.” – George Washington Carver
“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus
“Fate is written in the stars, but it can only be truly read by those willing to look up.” – Anonymous
“Sometimes fate has a cruel way of putting things together.” – Lisa Kleypas
“Fate whispers to the warrior, ‘You cannot withstand the storm.’ The warrior whispers back, ‘I am the storm.'” – Unknown
“We are all puppets, Laurie. I’m just a puppet who can see the strings.” – Doctor Manhattan, Watchmen
“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.” – Haruki Murakami
“Fate is just the law which your life follows; it’s a pattern your soul weaves.” – Anonymous
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in our selves.” – William Shakespeare
“No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.” – François Mauriac
“Fate, time, occasion, chance, and change? To these all things are subject but eternal love.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
“There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be.” – John Lennon
“To change one’s life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.” – William James
Poetic Quotes on Destiny
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost
“It’s a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know.” – Lemony Snicket
“You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.” – French Proverb
“Our wills and fates do so contrary run that our devices still are overthrown; Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own.” – William Shakespeare
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Oscar Wilde
“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.” – William Jennings Bryan
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
“To know what has to be done, then do it, comprises the whole philosophy of practical life.” – William Osler
“We are more than what we do, more than what we accomplish, more than what we possess.” – William Arthur Ward
“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” – Tony Robbins
“Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.” – Anaïs Nin
“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” – William Ernest Henley
“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered.” – Anaïs Nin
“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” – Joseph Campbell
“Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.” – Allen Saunders
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.” – J.K. Rowling
“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
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.” – Alice Sebold
“Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.” – Harry S. Truman
“We may not be able to control the wind, but we can always adjust our sails.” – Thomas S. Monson
“Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful.” – Ralph Marston
“we all become stories.” – Margaret Atwood
“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” – Lewis Carroll
“Dreams are the touchstones of our character.” – Henry David Thoreau
“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” – Edgar Allan Poe
Perspective-Changing Fate Quotes
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
“Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant.” – Seneca
“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.” – Haruki Murakami
“There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be.” – John Lennon
“Coincidences mean you’re on the right path.” – Simon Van Booy
“Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.” – J.K. Rowling
“You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.” – French Proverb
“We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair.” – Philip Pullman
“Fate loves the fearless.” – James Russell Lowell
“Fate, time, occasion, chance, and change. To these all things are subject but eternal love.” – John Dryden
“When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.” – Dale Carnegie
“Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.” – Henry Miller
“We create our fate every day we live.” – Henry Miller
“Fate is a cruel and efficient tutor.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
“Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention.” – Amy Tan
“Sometimes, perhaps, we are allowed to get lost that we may find the right person to ask directions of.” – Robert Brault
“Fate’s way of beating us in a fair fight is to give us warnings that we cannot understand.” – Mark Helprin
“Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.” – Deepak Chopra
“What happens when you let an unsatisfactory present go on long enough? It becomes your entire history.” – Louise Erdrich
“We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.” – Desmond Tutu
“Our lives are written in indelible ink.” – Danny Elliott
“When fate steps in, go with the flow.” – Jacqueline Winspear
“Fate is simply the way things happen.” – John Green
“There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“Fate is but a second course – to some, a dessert.” – Samuel Beckett
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Sometimes fate pulls out the wrong card at the wrong time, leaving you feeling that timing had it in for you.” – Lauren Weisberger
“Embrace the twists and turns of fate, for within them, life’s true essence is found.” – Anonymous
Thought-Provoking Quotes about Life and Fate
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon
“Fate loves the fearless.” – James Russell Lowell
“Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” – Marilyn Monroe
“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Oscar Wilde
“Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.” – Hermann Hesse
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” – Albert Camus
“Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.” – Elizabeth Bowen
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow.” – Lao Tzu
“Coincidence is the language of the stars. For something to happen, so many forces have to be put into action.” – Paulo Coelho
“Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.” – Marcus Aurelius
“Fate will find a way.” – Virgil
“You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.” – Goldie Hawn
“What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered.” – Anaïs Nin
“Do not be afraid of your destiny. Do not be afraid of seeking it.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.” – J.K. Rowling
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anaïs Nin
“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.” – Rabindranath Tagore
“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
“Life is a tapestry woven by the decisions we make and the strands of destiny.” – Anonymous
“Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
“Sometimes, destiny is a path looking for the right traveler.” – Anonymous
“Our fate lives within us, you only have to be brave enough to see it.” – Pixar’s Brave
“Destiny has two ways of crushing us – by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.” – Henri Frederic Amiel
“Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect.” – Margaret Mitchell
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
Powerful Quotes on Fate and Destiny
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare
“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.” – William Jennings Bryan
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” – Oscar Wilde
“Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant.” – Seneca
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Coincidence is a glimpse into the creative mind of the universe.” – Deepak Chopra
“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” – William Ernest Henley
“Our fate lives within us, you only have to be brave enough to see it.” – Merida, Brave
“Fate loves the fearless.” – James Russell Lowell
“We are but players on a stage, and our destinies are written in the stars.” – Paulo Coelho
“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions.” – Haruki Murakami
“I believe in fate and destiny, but I also believe we are only fated to do the things that we’d choose anyway.” – Jess C. Scott
“There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be.” – John Lennon
“Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something.” – Ralph Marston
“What is meant for you will always find its way to you.” – Anonymous
“Fate, time, occasion, chance, and change? To these all things are subject but eternal love.” – John Dryden
“Fate whispers to the warrior, ‘You cannot withstand the storm.’ The warrior whispers back, ‘I am the storm.’” – Anonymous
“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
“Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.” – J.K. Rowling
“Life calls the tune, we dance.” – John Galsworthy
“When fate hands us a lemon, let’s try to make lemonade.” – Dale Carnegie
“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” – Tony Robbins
“Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth.” – Arab Proverb
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention.” – Amy Tan
“Sometimes our destiny lies not in our stars but in our choices.” – Anonymous
“We create our fate every day we live.” – Henry Miller
“God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.” – Elbert Hubbard
“Your fate has already found you, all you have to do is say yes.” – Anonymous
“Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Last Words
Reflecting on the best fate quotes reminds us that life often takes unexpected turns. Whether you believe in destiny or think we shape our own paths, these quotes offer wisdom and comfort. They encourage us to trust the process and remain hopeful, even when things seem uncertain.
Quotes about fate can inspire us to embrace change and find meaning in every twist and turn. By sharing these timeless words, we gain new perspectives and motivations. So next time you face a challenge or uncertainty, remember these quotes and let them guide you forward.
