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Every man meets his Waterloo at last.
Every man meets his Waterloo at last.
I feel that I am a man of destiny.
[Ger., Ich fuhl 's das ich der Mann des Schicksals read more
I feel that I am a man of destiny.
[Ger., Ich fuhl 's das ich der Mann des Schicksals bin.]
People don't come into your life by accident. Everyone that crosses your path serves a purpose.
People don't come into your life by accident. Everyone that crosses your path serves a purpose.
Fate is what happens to you when your luck runs out.
Fate is what happens to you when your luck runs out.
Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, read more
Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.
O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there,
From me, whose love was of that dignity
That it read more
O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there,
From me, whose love was of that dignity
That it went hand in hand even with the vow
I made to her in marriage, and to decline
Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor
To those of mine!
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one read more
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.
O, read more
Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.
O, that that earth which kept the world in awe
Should patch a wall t' expel the winter's flaw!