We are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis E. Boone, 1992.
-- Omar Bradley, (Feb 12 1893-1981), US army general; He commanded the highly effective 12th Army Group to ensure Allied victory during WW II; first chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1949-53.