Diane Ackerman Quotes

I'm a very big believer in fate.

I'm a great believer in fate. I think things happen in spite of, and despite, yourself.

The minute you start to strategize too much, the more you start to think you're in control of your own fate. And you're not, really.

I think some things are just meant to happen; you can't change your fate. Maybe we have a small amount of control.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.

I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.

My whole life has been decided by fate.

I'm not a big believer in a thing called luck. I believe it has a lot to do with fate and just really having a vision of the way you would see your life.

Fate is for losers.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

There's only so much you can control in life.

Personally, I would say the 'master' of this whole thing is fate... Whoever is on the playing field is fair game, and it's up to them to avoid being used.

I'm not in control of my fate, and that's a good thing.

We like to believe we are in control of our destinies, even though we never are and we never have been.

We don't always choose moments. You know, sometimes they choose us.

I think things just happen to people. That's healthier, I feel, than believing there's some grand scheme where your story is already inscribed in the Book of Life. Books get rewritten.

I never used to believe in fate. I used to think you make your own life, and then you call it fate.

I have always believed that there is no such thing as coincidence, and I have always believed in destiny.

I believe in fate.

I believe that destiny has a big role to play in everyone's life.

I've always said everything happens the way it's supposed to.

No man or woman born, coward or brave, can shun his destiny.