Fate, i do believe that it plays a role somewhere somehow, but i try not to put my failures down to it...
i am a very strong believer in fate as it's role in deciding certain events in my life, and i expect huge favour from My Fate
I don't believe in fate, what happens to you is for the most part decided by the choices you and others make leading up the point any certain event happens.
God always have good plans for his children he also gave us will to test our intelligence and gave us freedom to choose our own fate.
There are some things in life you cannot have control over. This would be fate. Everything else is down to will. The best way to look at it for me is the Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
We are the actor of our fate. Whatever our will, that is our fate. I just do the best i can and let God do the rest.