Quotes about Inevitability

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, though you should be in raised-up towers.

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter.

What goes up must come down. Ask any system administrator.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

My world's both parts, and 'o! Both parts must die.

It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.

The tragedy of the woman's death, and of his own share in it, were as nothing in the disaster of his bright irreclaimableness.

It's no use reminding yourself daily that you are mortal: it will be brought home to you soon enough.

Change what cannot be accepted and accept what cannot be changed.

The ancients rightly called this internal longing for wholeness "fate" or "destiny," the "inner voice" or the "call of the gods." It has an inevitability, authority, and finality to it, and was at the heart of almost all mythology. Almost all heroes heard an inner voice that spoke to them. In fact, their heroism was in their ability to hear that voice and to risk following it—wherever!

The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed. It happens quietly. It happens inevitably. Don't underestimate God's power.