Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account. Euripides
The pace of events is moving so fast that unless we can find some way to keep our sights on tomorrow, we cannot expect to be in touch with today. Dean Rusk
Events are called inevitable only after they have occurred. Mason Cooley
Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. This is what makes the trade of historian so attractive. Dean Inge
The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking. The world’s greatest events are not produced, they happen. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Abraham Lincoln