Rita Mae Brown Quotes

I believe that you are only in control of so much. So whatever you are not in control of you can't worry about.

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

Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment.

I discovered that maybe it was fate all along, that faith was just an illusion that somehow you're in control.

Fate does not always seek our consent.

You're not always able to choose.

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.

What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.

We make choices but are constantly foiled by happenstance.

Nothing is inevitable until it happens.

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

There's a lot of things in life that we don't know why they're coming exactly at this moment.

Men are not yet ready to shape their own destinies, to control and direct world events, of which -- instead -- they become the victims.

Man plans, but God decides.

No man can tell what the future may bring forth

The nature of life is that we do not control it.

We try to separate the world into the stuff we can control and the stuff we can't.

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

Many events in our lives are the result of things beyond our control. While it is comforting to think, 'I'm in charge,' in truth, most changes effected by individuals are very limited in scope.

Although it is true that by fate all things are forced and linked by a necessary and dominant reason, nevertheless the character of our minds is subject to fate in a manner corresponding to their nature and quality.

Humans are powerless, and even in our exercise of free will, either the Universe is gonna get down with your plan, or it isn't.

It is really strange how life works, isn't it?

I realized that there are no certainties in life. You can't manipulate fate.

Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.

I am hanging in the balance of a perfect finished plan, like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand.