Seneca the Younger Quotes

The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling.

The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.

Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.

Fate leads the willing, and th' unwilling draws.

The Fates guide those who will and drag those who won't!

If you know that things are bound to happen whatever you do, then you may feel free to give up the fight against them.

What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.

Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.

For us, destiny always feels... if you obey, it's almost a passive thing.

There are things we control - but things that are not in control, no point wasting time and energy into that.

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

Things happen or they don't happen, that's all. Nothing is accomplished by sweat and struggle. Nearly everything which we call life is just insomnia, an agony because we've lost the habit of falling asleep. We don't know how to let go. We're like a Jack-in-the-box perched on top of a spring and the more we struggle the harder it is to get back in the box.

Resist as much as thou wilt; heaven's ways are heaven's ways.

After all, if you do not resist the apparently inevitable, you will never know how inevitable the inevitable was.

The fates lead him who will; him who won't they drag.

Fate rules. You follow the steps and you plan and you work. Then fate slips in laughing and makes fools of us. Sometimes we can trick it or out guess it but most often its already written. For some its written in blood. That doesn't mean we stop, but it does mean we can't comfort ourselves with blame. It's easier to take the blame than to admit there was nothing you could do to stop whatever happened.

Everything that happens, happens of necessity.

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

The ending is nearer than you think, and it is already written. All that we have left to choose is the correct moment to begin.

But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity.

The popular culture says . . . Do what you do, your life is predestined, like the installment plan on your house. There's not much you can do about it. Make your payments, live it, get sick, die, don't make any trouble. It is the Master Charge of destiny. Try to get your high credit rating.

And what do you wish?' he said at last. 'That what should be shall be,' she answered.

Every moment in your life is a turning and every one a choosing. Somewhere you made a choice. All followed to this. The accounting is scrupulous. The shape is drawn. No line can be erased. I had no belief in your ability to move a coin to your bidding. How could you? A person's path through the world seldom changes and even more seldom will it change abruptly. And the shape of your path was visible from the beginning.

Wherever the fates lead us let us follow.

I feel birth, death, marriage is destined, and these things can't be manipulated. I have surrendered my life completely. So, whenever it happens, I will accept it.