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{{quote|I'm not gonna let that happen! Even if it's already set in stone! I'll smash right past that future!|Deku|[[My Hero Academia]]}}
{{quote|Prophecies can be changed. They can be denied. If we fight hard enough, if we kill many enough, then even the most accurate prediction can be thwarted, or even wiped out entirely.|Alondight|[[Magical Girl Noir Quest]]}}
{{quote|The future is not to be seen... the future is to be made!
|'''Aya''', ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]''}}
{{quote|May those that accept their fate be granted happiness; may those who defy it be granted glory.
|''[[Princess Tutu]]''}}
{{quote|Okay, I have a theory. It's called: '''''I never knew it was possible to care less about time travel.'''''
|'''Black Mage''', ''[[8-Bit Theater]]'' "Episode 1136"}}
{{quote|There is no fate but what we make for ourselves.
|The [[An Aesop|Aesop]] of ''[[Terminator]] 2: Judgment Day''}}
{{quote|Destiny...destiny...destiny...destiny...'''SHUT THE HELL UP!''' How 'bout you save your high and mighty crap for after I've been haunted to death, skullface? Sacrifice? Offering? Destiny? Quit spoutin' out a bunch of cryptic explanations! The point is, this is war! It ain't different from any other war! The last one standing wins! Listen here! I'm beatin' all a' you back down to Hell! Tell those ugly pale-faced bastards for me! If I get hit, I will hit back! Tell 'em leavin' me half-eaten is gonna be the end of you! I'll hunt and kill all those wretched monsters...and all of you...DOWN TO THE LAST ONE! THIS IS...'''MY DECLARATION OF WAR!'''
|'''Guts''' from the ''[[Berserk]]'' manga, declaring war against the Apostles and the Godhand.}}
{{quote|Dear Celia. I don't know your last name and I don't know where you live, but I know you have two young boys -- twins, I believe. And I know you didn't have a [[Flash Forward]]. I understand how terrifying that is and how powerless you must be feeling. But I want you to know that you are not alone and that your situation is not as hopeless as you think. Our paths were meant to cross. I didn't know how. I didn't know when. But things have changed now. Things are no longer going to unfold as I had feared. My gift to you is release from that dread... From the feeling that you're no longer in control. We will never meet. I will never know you. So live your life. Live every day. And know that the future is unwritten. Make the most of that.
| {{spoiler|'''Al Gough'''}}, ''[[FlashForward]]'' }}
{{quote|I see in you the power to defy fate itself.
|'''The Fortuneteller''', ''[[Shadow of Destiny]]''}}
{{quote|'''Spatch II:''' You will not speak of Spatch like that. In his book, it is prophesied. It will happen now.
'''Rice Boy:''' Who are you to say which prophesies are true and which are false? They are just written words! They know nothing more than we do!
|''[[Rice Boy]]'', [http://riceboy.jho-tan.com/see/408.html Page 408].}}
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|'''Dinobot''', ''[[Beast Wars]]''}}
{{quote|'''Richie:'''(Both men are hanging from a Ferris Wheel) Hey Eddie, if we killed ourselves, we could ''cheat'' Fate!
'''Eddie:''' I don't think we want to piss Fate off at the moment.
|''[[Bottom]]''}}
{{quote|In 13 the beast is rising
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Pour from the eastern sands
But the truth of all predictions
Is always in your hands
If you're gonna try, just stick around
Gonna cry, just move along
If you're gonna die, you're gonna die
|'''[[Iron Maiden]]''', "[[Crowning Music of Awesome|Die With Your Boots On]]"}}
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|'''[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2009/02/27/tf-sign-o-the-times/ Slacktivist]''' on ''[[Left Behind|Tribulation Force]]'' }}
{{quote|A planet of playthings,
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Or the gods are malign..."
Blame is better to give than receive.
You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice.
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You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill;
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose freewill.
|'''[[Rush]]''', ''Freewill''}}
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|'''Seto Kaiba''', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'' }}
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|'''"Gentleman" Johnny Marcone''', ''[[The Dresden Files]], Dead Beat''}}
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|'''Delirum''' to '''Destiny''' in "Brief Lives", ''[[Sandman]]''}}
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|'''T.E. Lawrence''', ''[[Lawrence of Arabia]]''}}
{{quote|'''Einstein:''' From the moment the Ancients implanted that knowledge, you exist to serve a larger...
'''John Crichton:''' NO! No. That's what ''you'' want. My name is John Crichton. I'm not your pawn.
|''[[Farscape]]'', "Unrealised Realities"}}
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|'''Rose Lalonde''', ''[[Homestuck]]''}}
{{quote|I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out.
|'''[[Anti-Anti-Christ|Adam Young]]''', ''[[Good Omens]]''}}
{{quote|'''Xavien:''' As you say, we do not posses the ability to change ourselves to utterly.
'''Zal:''' We have infinite choice, and that has to do.
|''[[Quantum Gravity|Chasing the Dragon]]''}}
{{quote|Destiny is not a matter of chance; it's a matter of '''choice!'''
|'''Shane Gooseman,''' ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers|Galaxy Rangers]]'' }}
{{quote|'''Granny Weatherwax''':Destiny ''is'' important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It's the other way around.
'''Nanny Ogg''': Bugger destiny.
|''[[Wyrd Sisters]]''}}
{{quote|What else had the old monk said? [[You Can't Fight Fate|History finds a way]]? Well, it was going to have to come up with something good, because it was up against [[Determinator|Sam Vimes]] now.
|'''Vimes's''' internal monologue, [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Night Watch (Discworld)|Night Watch]]''}}
{{quote|'''[[The Obi-Wan|Giro]]''': Don't tell me you forgot your promise already. You did mean it, right?
'''Aile''': Giro!? But, [[In the Blood|the blood that flows in me...]]
'''Giro''': Is just blood. Are you going to let some man you don't even know decide your destiny for you? Destiny is not something that is given to us by others. Destiny comes from the concept of "destine," or directing something towards a given end. Be the one doing the directing. Only you can decide your destiny.
'''Aile''': Only I can decide my destiny...
'''Giro''': Yes. Forget the past. It means nothing. The power you contain within is the key to creating your future.
|''[[Mega Man ZX]]''}}
{{quote|'''Aile''': I decided to become a Mega Man because I wanted to help people. You're fighting because you're trying to find out who you are, but don't forget. Only you can decide your own destiny. No matter what anyone says you are. The power you contain within is the key to creating your future. That's what a special person said to me.
'''Grey''': My destiny... My future.
|[[Master Apprentice Chain|Aile giving Grey the lesson he get from Giro]], ''[[Mega Man ZX]] Advent''}}
{{quote|'''Grey''': Yeah, you're right, I am Defective. I'm just a person named Grey. You couldn't even change the destiny of a regular boy like me. This is the destiny that I've chosen... To live together with the people of this world!
'''Albert''': Is that what the "[[Cloning Blues|other me]]" would have said...? Goodbye, ultimate Defective! You can have your gentle peace... and leisurely rot in it! (''explodes'')
|''[[Mega Man ZX]] Advent''}}
{{quote|The power of believing cuts open destiny and starts miracles! That's right, because that's what everyone taught me.
|'''{{spoiler|Hanyuu}}''', ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]: Dear You - Bond''}}
{{quote|[[Stable Time Loop|History said it disappeared]] - but history was ''wrong!''
|'''Starfire''', ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''}}
{{quote|'''Knykos:''' That is my destiny.
'''Travis:''' (Shooting Knykos several times in the back) Know that word. Seventh grade. Last day of school, ever. Teacher said I'd never amount to nothing, ever. Was my destiny. Always thought: destiny can go @#$% itself.
|''[[Dark Avengers]]: [[Ares (Comic Book)|Ares]]''}}
{{quote|Keep yer stinkin' future!
|'''[[The Big Guy|Reyn]]''', ''[[Xenoblade]]''}}
{{quote|Fate may command I die before the answers are discovered, but an Assassin takes orders from no one.
|'''Ezio''', ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''}}
{{quote|But.. even if I knew for certain, I still wouldn't blindly accept my fate. I will not simply succumb to what others claim is my destiny. I fight for control over my own life. And I will win.
|'''Ragna the Bloodedge'''|''[[BlazBlue: Continuum Shift]]''}}
{{quote|'''Garland''' ''([[Blade Lock|facing]] the Warrior of Light)'': We will never come to accept one another. [[You Can't Fight Fate|We shall always be IN CONFLICT!]]
'''Warrior of Light''': Destiny...ends here!
'''Garland''': End it, [[Bring It|if you can!]]
|''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]''}}
{{quote|This is my story, and you're not part of it.
|'''[[Final Fantasy X|Auron]]'''|''[[Kingdom Hearts (video game)|Kingdom Hearts]] 2''}}
{{quote|'''Tidus''': This is my story. It'll go the way I want... or I'll end it here.
'''Yuna''': Wait. You say it's your story, but it's my story, too, you know? It would be so easy... to let my fate just carry me away... following this same path my whole life through. But I know... I can't. What I do, I do... with no regrets.
|''[[Final Fantasy X]]''}}
{{quote|There are laws. Laws of Time, and once upon a time there were people in charge of those laws, but they died. They all died. Do you know who that leaves? '''Me!''' It's taken me all these years to realize the Laws of Time are mine, and '''they will obey me!'''
|'''The Doctor'''|''[[Doctor Who]]''}}
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|'''The Doctor'''|''[[Doctor Who]]''}}
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|'''Dean Winchester'''|''[[Supernatural]]''}}
{{quote|we do not trust that sweet and tender voice
telling you and me we got no choice
we do not see why this has to be
the only way our future is "meant to be"
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{{quote|Send me a sign, wanna leave it all behind
I'll be leaving the hands of doom
Rearrange the master plan, take the future in my hands
To be free and not trapped anymore
|[[Helloween]]|''Ride The Sky''}}
{{quote|Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. This second we can turn the tables on Resistance.
This second, we can sit down and do our work.
|Steven Pressfield|''The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles''}}
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