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William Shakespeare Quotes about Fate

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Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.

Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.

William Shakespeare
Life, Stars, Fate
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. 134

What fates impose, that men must needs abide; it boots not to resist both wind and tide.

William Shakespeare
Fate, Men, Wind
1592 Edward. Henry VI PartThree, act 4, sc.4, l.31-2.

Men at some time are masters of their fates.

William Shakespeare
Fate, Men, Cassius
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 1, sc. 2, l. 134

But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live.

William Shakespeare
Fate, Destiny, Assurance
'Macbeth' (1606) act 4, sc. 1, l. 83

Men at sometime are the masters of their fate.

William Shakespeare
Inspirational, Fate, Men

Our wills and fates do so contrary run.

William Shakespeare
Running, Fate, Contrary
1600-1 Player King. Hamlet, act 3, sc.2, l.202-3.

I have a bone to pick with Fate

William Shakespeare
Fate, Destiny, Bones

Antonio: Will you stay no longer? nor will you not that I go with you? Sebastian: By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly over me; the malignancy of my fate might, perhaps, distemper yours; therefore I shall crave of you your leave that I may bear my evils alone. It were a bad recompense for your love to lay any of them on you.

William Shakespeare
Stars, Fate, Evil
William Shakespeare (2005). “Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will”, p.26, 1st World Publishing

O heaven! that one might read the book of fate, and see the revolution of the times.

William Shakespeare
Book, Future, Fate
'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 3, sc. 1, l. 45

Who can control his fate?

William Shakespeare
Fate, Destiny
'Othello' (1602-4) act 5, sc. 2, l. 264

Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come

William Shakespeare
Death, Fate, Ides Of March
'Julius Caesar' (1599) act 2, sc. 2, l. 30

In love the heavens themselves do guide the state; Money buys lands, and wives are sold by fate.

William Shakespeare
Marriage, Fate, Land
William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, Nicholas Rowe (1807). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, with Explanatory Notes: To which is Added, a Copious Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words”, p.73

He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace and fear: And you all know, security Is mortals' chiefest enemy.

William Shakespeare
Fate, Grace, Enemy
William Shakespeare (2008). “Macbeth”, p.202, Cambridge University Press

I do I know not what, and fear to find Mine eye too great a flatterer for my mind. Fate, show thy force. Ourselves we do not owe. What is decreed must be; and be this so.

William Shakespeare
Eye, Fate, Mind
William Shakespeare (1823). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Stevens, and Reed; with Glossarial Notes, His Life, and a Critique on His Genius & Writings”, p.38

Our wills and fates do so contrary run, That our devices still are overthrown; Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own.

William Shakespeare
Running, Fate, Destiny
1600-1 Player King. Hamlet, act 3, sc.2, l.202-3.

He must needs go that the devil drives.

William Shakespeare
Fate, Devil, Needs
William Shakespeare (1998). “All's Well that Ends Well”, p.95, Oxford University Press, USA

Crowns have their compass-length of days their date- Triumphs their tomb-felicity, her fate- Of nought but earth can earth make us partaker, But knowledge makes a king most like his Maker.

William Shakespeare
Kings, Knowledge, Fate
William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier (1858). “Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems”, p.171

This day's black fate on more days doth depend; This but begins the woe, others must end.

William Shakespeare
Fate, Black, Woe
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1809). “The plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators”, p.303

The happiest youth, viewing his progress through, What perils past, what crosses to ensue, Would shut the book, and sit him down and die.

William Shakespeare
Life, Book, Fate
'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 3, sc. 1, l. 54

What can be avoided Whose end is purposed by the mighty gods?

William Shakespeare
Fate, Ends, Mighty God
BookCaps, William Shakespeare (2011). “Julius Caesar In Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation): BookCaps Study Guide”, p.427, BookCaps Study Guides

O sir, you are old; nature in you stands on the very verge of her confine; you should be ruled and led by some discretion, that discerns your fate better than you yourself.

William Shakespeare
Fate, Age, Should

what cannot be saved when fate takes, patience her injury a mockery makes

William Shakespeare
Fate, Injury, Mockery

Oh God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times Make mountains level, and the continent, Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea.

William Shakespeare
Book, Fate, Science
'Henry IV, Part 2' (1597) act 3, sc. 1, l. 45

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