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Making plans5 quotes
Everybody has plans until they get hit for the first time. — Mike Tyson · 1987The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men,
Gang aft a-gley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain,
For promis'd joy. — Robert Burns · 1785Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. — John Lennon · 1980For man proposes, but God disposes. — Thomas a Kempis · 1427Follow the accident, fear the fixed plan-that is the rule. — John Fowles · 1977Dashed hopes1 quote
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men,
Gang aft a-gley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain,
For promis'd joy. — Robert Burns · 1785Fate1 quote
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men,
Gang aft a-gley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain,
For promis'd joy. — Robert Burns · 1785Free will1 quote
For man proposes, but God disposes. — Thomas a Kempis · 1427God's will1 quote
For man proposes, but God disposes. — Thomas a Kempis · 1427Life1 quote
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. — John Lennon · 1980Living in the moment1 quote
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. — John Lennon · 1980Passage of time1 quote
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. — John Lennon · 1980Serendipity1 quote
Follow the accident, fear the fixed plan-that is the rule. — John Fowles · 1977Spontaneity1 quote
Follow the accident, fear the fixed plan-that is the rule. — John Fowles · 1977The unexpected1 quote
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men,
Gang aft a-gley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain,
For promis'd joy. — Robert Burns · 1785