Pick Your Fate

Art is a revolt against fate. - Andre Malraux

Kisses are a better fate than wisdom. - e e cummings

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade. - Dale Carnegie

We make our own fortunes and call them fate. - Benjamin Disreali

Defendit numerus: There is safety in numbers. - Unknown

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. - Herodotus

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you take the risk, you are deserving of the reward. - Joe Segal

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude. - Amy Tan

To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death. - Jacqueline Cochran

You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it. - French Proverb

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all. - Jawaharlal Nehru

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash. - George S Patton

Do not be afraid; our fate Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift. - Dante Alighieri

The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it. - Dudley Moore

Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age. - Ernest Hemingway

Why have all the pieces joined together to create such a cruel fate? - ichtys

Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. - Leo Buscaglia

Man may be the captain of his fate, but is also the victim of his blood sugar. - Wilfrid G. Oakley

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read. - Winston Churchill

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable than risk being happy. - Robert Anthony

But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state? - Alexander Pope

Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. - Frederick Wilcox

What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate. - Donald Trump

Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking. - Tim McMahon

Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience. - Jack Vance

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes. - Adlai Stevenson

The greatest human achievement is not success but facing an unchangeable fate with great courage. - Viktor Frankl

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing. - Sarah J. Hale

It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it. - Maurice Switzer

It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals. - Bertrand Russell

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin

When you're my age, you just never risk being ill - because then everyone says, "Oh, he's done for." - John Gielgud

People shop and learn in a whole new way compared to just a few years ago, so marketers need to adapt or risk extinction. - Brian Halligan

Faithfulness is essential to the character of a friend: without this there can be no safety in intimacy with and confidence in him. - Samuel Hopkins

When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty. - Norm Crosby

Risk and failure is a part of our equation, and if you are seeing too little failure, you are actually probably not taking enough risks. - Peter Barris

If you are really Master of your Fate,
It shouldn't make any difference to you whether Cleopatra or the Bearded Lady is your mate. - Ogden Nash

When my generation was your age, we took crazy risks. The wildest thing was - prepare to be shocked - we deliberately ingested carbohydrates! - Dave Barry

The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success. - B.C. Forbes