Cruel Fate Quotes:

When I cannot understand my Father's leading, And it seems to be but hard and cruel fate, Still I hear that gentle whisper ever pleading, God is working, God is faithful-Only wait.

- A. B. Simpson

topic: Inspirational, Father, Fate, God Is Faithful, Cruel Fate

But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late!

- Samuel Beckett

topic: Too Late, Moments, Mankind, Godot, Waiting For Godot

Let us do something, while we have the chance! ... Let us make the most of it, before it is too late! Let us represent worthily for one the foul brood to which a cruel fate consigned us!

- Samuel Beckett

source: Samuel Beckett (2012). “The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett”, p.71, Faber & Faber

topic: Fate, Too Late, Chance, Godot, Waiting For Godot

What are we doing here, that is the question.

- Samuel Beckett

topic: Life, Existence, Godot, Waiting For Godot, Cruel Fate

I've lived to bury my desires and see my dreams corrode with rust now all that's left are fruitless fires that burn my empty heart to dust. Struck by the clouds of cruel fate My crown of Summer bloom is sere Alone and sad, I watch and wait And wonder if the end is near. As conquered by the last cold air When Winter whistles in the wind Alone upon a branch that's bare A trembling leaf is left behind.

- Alexander Pushkin

topic: Summer, Dream, Heart, Cold Air, Empty Heart

I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate. Even as a boy, I defeated my opponents without dishonoring them.

- Nelson Mandela

source: Nelson Mandela (2008). “Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela”, p.19, Hachette UK

topic: Fate, Boys, Suffering, Long Walk To Freedom, Cruel Fate

It was a cruel fate, Yet not so cruel as Mago's will be. I promise you that, by the old gods and the new, by the lamb god and the horse god and every god that lives. I swear by the Mother of Mountains and the Womb of the World. Before I am done with them, Mago and Ko Jhaqo will plead for the mercy they showed Eroeh.

- George R. R. Martin

source: George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.632, Bantam

topic: Mother, Horse, Fate, Cruel Fate