Circumstances Quote by William Osler

Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.

— George S. Patton

In the space of two days I had evolved two plans, wholly distinct, both of which were equally feasible. The point I am trying…

— George S. Patton

Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.

— George S. Patton

Philosophy first constructs a scheme of happiness and then tries to fit the world to it.

— H. L. Mencken

He was a long, stripy policeman, who flowed out of his uniform at odd spots, as if Nature, setting out to make a constable,…

— P. G. Wodehouse

Work is a surefire money-making scheme.

— Dave Ramsey

It's bad form to mention money-laundering. Instead, you talk about asset-management structures and tax beneficial schemes.

— John Sweeney

With Your great schemes, You ruin our happiness like a harvester ruins a mouse's nest: I hate You, God, I hate You as though…

— Graham Greene

Now I'm having to live with sales of around 50,000 per album - but I'm pretty content with my place in the general scheme…

— David Knopfler

The plain fact is that education is itself a form of propaganda - a deliberate scheme to outfit the pupil, not with the capacity…

— Anonymous

I strongly reject any conceptual scheme that places our options on a line, and holds that the only alternative to a pair of extreme…

— Stephen Jay Gould

No woman ever yet either reasoned or acted long together consequentially; but some little thing, some love, some resentment, somepresent momentary interest, some supposed…

— Lord Chesterfield