Ludwig van Beethoven Fate Quotations

I shall seize fate by the throat.

I am resolved to rise superior to every obstacle. With whom need I be afraid of measuring my strength? I will take Fate by the throat. It shall not overcome me. O how beautiful it is to be alive - would that I could live a thousand times!

Fate gave to man the courage of endurance.

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

I want to seize fate by the throat.

I haven't a single friend; I must live alone. But well I know that God is nearer to me than to the others of my art; I associate with Him without fear, I have always recognized and understood Him, and I have no fear for my music,-it can meet no evil fate. Those who understand it must become free from all the miseries that the others drag with them.