We make plans for a day or for a lifetime,
and then we go about the work of making those plans come true. But as Robert
Burns noted, "The best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray"
(paraphrased).
The following quotations remind us that even the most thoughtful plans will be
directed, at least in part, by the powerful, capricious hands of fate. So plan
accordingly.
Life is Full
of Little Surprises
"Life is about not knowing, having to
change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's
going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity."
Gilda Radner
"Life is what happens when you’re making other plans."
John Lennon
"Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to
change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent."
Nolan Ryan
"Presence of mind is nothing but an increased capacity of dealing with the
unexpected."
Carl von Clausewitz
"The future is not ominous, but a promise; it surrounds the present
like a halo."
John Dewey
Plan Your Day, But
Bring An Eraser
"The problem, therefore, is not to suppress change, which cannot be done,
but to manage it."
Alvin Toffler
"The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve
change amid order."
Alfred North Whitehead
"It is a bad plan that admits no modification."
Publilius Syrus
And Finally
"We are not retreating—we are advancing in
another direction."
Douglas MacArthur
