Whoever hammers a lump of iron, first decides what he is going to make of it, a scythe, a sword, or an axe. Even so we ought to make up our minds what kind of virtue we want to forge or we labour in vain. Anthony the Great
How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. Coco Chanel
One minute decides the outcome of a battle, one hour the success of a campaign, one day the fate of empires. Alexander Suvorov
Man plans, but God decides. Croatian Proverb
A person who picks something and decides to make it his own, ought to think how he would feel if he was the person who lost the property he picked. Nigerian Proverb
Man plans, God decides. Hungarian Proverb