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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
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George Bernard Shaw

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't 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 can't find them, make them.
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George Bernard Shaw, "Mrs. Warren's Profession" (1893) act II

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.
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George Bernard Shaw, "The Apple Cart" (1930), act I