Give me today, for once, the worst throw of your dice, destiny. Today I transmute everything into gold.

Fate being unfavorable (or without God's grace, even an easy task becomes difficult to accomplish).

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

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

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

A year ago our position looked forlorn, and well nigh desperate, to all eyes but our own. Today we may say aloud before an awe-struck world, 'We are still masters of our fate. We still are captain of our souls.