Circumstances

"People are always blaming circumstances for what they are. I do not believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, they make them." -- George Bernard Shaw

I'm discovering Bernard Shaw lately, some nice quotes are attributed to him. He has a special way of putting things, there is a name coined for it in English , for his ironic wit, as "Shavian" (see Wikipedia). Here is another quote of his: "My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world."