The heart is its own Fate.

Lee was too cool by nature to rage at fate; his manner was to raise an eyebrow and greet it laconically.

We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair.

You speak of destiny as if it was fixed.

Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.

There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.