Unavoidable Destiny Quotes

The human being is a self-propelled automaton entirely under the control of external influences. Willful and predetermined though they appear, his actions are governed not from within, but from without. He is like a float tossed about by the waves of a turbulent sea.

No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.

Does the novel have to deepen the psychology of its heroes? Certainly the modern novel does, but the ancient legends did not do the same. Oedipus' psychology was deduced by Aeschylus or Freud, but the character is simply there, fixed in a pure and terribly disquieting state.

Darn the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Here, therefore, huge and mighty warrior though you be, here shall you die.

There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans.

SOONER OR LATER ALL MEN MUST DIE. EVERYTHING DIES IN THE END. I CAN BE ROBBED BUT NEVER DENIED, I TOLD MYSELF. WHY WORRY? “I too cannot be cheated,” snapped Fate.

It lies not in our power to love or hate, for will in us is overruled by fate.

I was like a lamb that is led to the slaughter.

One possible reason that I don't believe in fate is that I wasn't fated to.

This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from which he cannot resign.

I had to go. A spirit in my feet said 'Go', and I went.

Fate, or some mysterious force, can put the finger on you or me, for no good reason at all.

Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when the gods say no. I have no idea how they bring pressure to bear on such occasions; I only know that it is irresistible.

I wanted to be a politician and a movie star. But I was born a writer. If you're born that, you can't change it. You're going to do it whether you want to or not.~

You know, I think in some kinds of ways, we are all born into stuff that gives us no choice.

Some have greatness thrust upon them, but not lately.

Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it.

Whom the gods love dies young.

Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour.

We don’t get to replay history.

God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause.

No man goes before his time - unless the boss leaves early.

I feel like we can't pick who we fall in love with because if we could, we would all make better choices. Your heart just falls where it falls.