Quotes About Events

Duty is ours and events are God's.

God has a timetable when seemingly miraculous happens.

Faith intervenese not to abolish reason's autonomy nor to reduce its scope for action, but solely to bring the human being to understand that in these events it is the God of Israel who acts.

I think that there are good things that happen and bad things that happen.

I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.

I dont look for good-news stories or bad-news stories.

There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances.

Even when governments take the right steps to reform, these can be negatively impacted by events outside their control.

Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.

Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hope.

It's a great time to be doing political satire when the world is on a knife edge.

Poor minds talk about people average minds talk about events great minds talk about ideas

Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty.

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.

Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve!

It is curious to look back and realize upon what trivial and apparently coincidental circumstances great events frequently turn as easily and naturally as a door on its hinges.

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.

I've always believed happiness is overrated, you know? It's those difficult times that inform the next wonderful time, and it's a series of trade-offs, of events, of wins and losses.

happiness depends more upon the state of mind - and body, perhaps - than upon circumstances and events.

Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them.

I'd relived enough terrible events happening to cautious people to know that prudence wasn't a guarantee for happiness.

In my career as a writer, I preferred to avoid current events: I wrote young adult novels and book reviews and lifestyle journalism about health and parenting and other such evergreens.

To get the adrenaline pumping between events - or to help me switch off, Jay Z, the Roots and Drake are on my playlist.