If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.

It's been my fate to compensate for the childhood I've never known.

Education is the most important weapon to change the fate of a nation.

The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.