John Connally Quotes

I am a great respector of fate.

No one can defy fate.

Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour.

It is we that are blind, not fortune.

I'm a fatalist.

Nature deals the cards without thought or care, and there is no point in blaming the dealer. All we can do is make the best of the hands we have been dealt.

If something is meant to be, then it will be.

Life sort of works out the way it works out.

I believe in fate.

I always believe in destiny.

I accept the cards that were dealt to me.

The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we're not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.

There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

So that is how I ended up with those two titles, I like Accidentally on Purpose better - it is how we work in our trade - is it really an accident, or is there a thread of destiny in there? That was the intention, I am not sure I found out.

My life is a series of things that just happen.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

It's strange how parts come along, how life lives us, and what we get to do with the abilities that are given us.

Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.

How shall I speak of Doom, and ours in special, But as of something altogether common?

You've come to know the fortunate and the inauspicious stars, but you don't know whether you yourself are fortunate or lucky.

I'm open to whatever is meant to be, it will be.

Personally, I would say the 'master' of this whole thing is fate... Whoever is on the playing field is fair game, and it's up to them to avoid being used.

It's really not a good idea to forecast or double guess the fates; you will always be fooled.

It is circumstance and proper timing that give an action its character and make it either good or bad.