<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Fate - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Can you make a mistake and miss your fate? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person must stand very tall to see their own fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15399]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person must stand very tall to see their own fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance generally favors the prudent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance generally favors the prudent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one is the architect of his own fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one is the architect of his own fortune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15405]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15406]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate steals along with silent tread, Found oftenest in what least we dread;  Frowns in the storm with angry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate steals along with silent tread, Found oftenest in what least we dread;  Frowns in the storm with angry brow,   But in the sunshine strikes the blow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has gone to the demnition bow-wows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15388]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15390]]></link><description><![CDATA[All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis Fate that flings the dice, And as she flings  Of kings makes peasants,   And of peasants ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15391]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis Fate that flings the dice, And as she flings  Of kings makes peasants,   And of peasants kings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kabira wept when he beheld the millstone roll, Of that which passes 'twixt the stones, nought goes forth whole.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kabira wept when he beheld the millstone roll, Of that which passes 'twixt the stones, nought goes forth whole.   - Edward B. Eastwick,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate has carried me 'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand--  Not shrink and let the shaft ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate has carried me 'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand--  Not shrink and let the shaft pass by my breast   To pierce another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stern fate and time Will have their victims; and the best die first,  Leaving the bad still strong, though ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stern fate and time Will have their victims; and the best die first,  Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime,   To curse the hopeless world they ever curs'd    Vaunting vile deeds, and vainest of the worst.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many things happen between the cup and the lip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many things happen between the cup and the lip.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be; why then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be; why then should we desire to be deceived?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can always hit:  For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,   We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can always hit:  For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,   We do but row, we're steer'd by Fate,    Which in success oft disinherits,     For spurious causes, noblest merits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate;  And whatever sky's above ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate;  And whatever sky's above me,   Here's a heart for every fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To bear is to conquer our fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15384]]></link><description><![CDATA[To bear is to conquer our fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wine is poured, you should drink it. [Fr., Le vin est verse, il faut le boire.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15385]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wine is poured, you should drink it. [Fr., Le vin est verse, il faut le boire.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall. [Lat., Tolluntur in altum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15386]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall. [Lat., Tolluntur in altum  Ut lapsu gaviore ruant.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise, for the result is waste of time and general stagnation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15367]]></link><description><![CDATA[What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15368]]></link><description><![CDATA[What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, And sleep in spite of thunder]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day,  The great, the important ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15370]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day,  The great, the important day, big with the fate   Of Cato, and of Rome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bow is bent, the arrow flies, The winged shaft of fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15371]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bow is bent, the arrow flies, The winged shaft of fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has been fated should not have taken place. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15372]]></link><description><![CDATA[No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has been fated should not have taken place. [Lat., Nulla vis humana vel virtus meruisse unquam potuit, ut, quod praescripsit fatalis ordo, non fiat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet who shall shut out Fate? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet who shall shut out Fate?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart is its own Fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart is its own Fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let those deplore their doom, Whose hope still grovels in this dark sojourn:  But lofty souls, who look beyond ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let those deplore their doom, Whose hope still grovels in this dark sojourn:  But lofty souls, who look beyond the tomb,   Can smile at Fate, and wonder how they mourn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet what are they, the learned and the great? Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!  Who shall presume to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet what are they, the learned and the great? Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!  Who shall presume to prophesy their date,   Where nought is certain save the uncertainty of fate?   - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15377]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15378]]></link><description><![CDATA[But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We create our fate every day we live ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15363]]></link><description><![CDATA[We create our fate every day we live]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man is the architect of his own fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man is the architect of his own fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15364</guid></item></channel></rss>