“No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy's main strength.” Moltke the Elder

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans." -John Lennon

Reference

https://www.harleytherapy.co.uk/counselling/making-assumptions.htm#:~:text=When%20you%20make%20an%20assumption,assuming%20things%20to%20be%20facts.

“Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.”– Epictetus

Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come. Dwayne Johnson

Just a convo between some friends 

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people's thinking." -Steve Jobs

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Neil Peart

Think As You Like But Behave Like Others. If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox ways, people will think that you only want attention and that you look down upon them. Law # 38

When you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities.-Deepak Chopra-

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen." — Unknown

5 Situations to Stand Up for What you Believe In (possibilitychange.com)