Quotes About Circumstances

do not believe in divine retribution or karma or any hand of god or fate that takes a sentient interest in the happenings of our world. But what I know: there are circumstances that unearth you irrevocably, that break you, that leave you never again an unbroken whole.

Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State.

no man's actions can be judged in isolation from the external elements that shape and influence his life.

a única qualidade indispensável a um homem de poder é a capacidade de se apoderar das circunstâncias. Não pretender dirigi-las, mas apoderar-se delas com pulso firme.

única qualidade indispensável a um homem de poder é a capacidade de se apoderar das circunstâncias.

Back you fly to your perch, ashamed as well as frustrated. Life is almost all perch. There is no nest; and no one is with you, on exactly the same rock or out on the same limb. The circumstances of passion are all too petty to be companionable.

When God changes our circumstances, we should consider changing our priorities.

My condition determines my conditions, my conditions don't determine my condition.

Our intention is a foretelling of what we are going to do in any circumstances, but these 'circumstances' affect us in their own way. The 'what' of things lies in us, the 'how' rarely depends on us, and we are not allowed to ask 'why'. We are therefore justly advised to say 'because.

En guerra o en paz, lo apropiado es sacar partido de las circunstancias

Happiness is not a reward you get after hardship or suffering. Happiness is something YOU create regardless of the circumstances.

Dark as is this hour, there is shining through the heavy overcast of fear and anger the solemn and wonderful image of the Son of God, the Savior of the World, the Prince of Peace, the exemplar of universal love, and it is to Him that we look in these circumstances. It was He who gave His life that all might enjoy eternal life

You are very precious, each of you, regardless of your circumstances. You occupy a high and sacred place in the eternal plan of God, our Father in Heaven. You are His daughters, precious to Him, loved by Him, and very important to Him. His grand design cannot succeed without you.

The circumstances which a man encounters with suffering are the result of his own mental inharmony.

Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not long remain so if you but perceive an Ideal and strive to reach it.

The outer world of circumstance shapes itself to the inner world of thought

The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors; that which it loves, and also that which it fears; it reaches the height of its cherished aspirations; it falls to the level of its unchastened desires; and circumstances are the means by which the soul receives its own.

Thoughts of fear, doubt, and indecision crystallise into weak, unmanly, and irresolute habits, which solidify into circumstances of failure, indigence and slavish dependence.

People are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves. That is why they remain bound.

Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions

But do you really mean to say that outward circumstances do not affect our minds?" I do not say that, but I say this, and know it to be an infallible truth, that circumstances can only affect you in so far as you allow them to do so.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set.

A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances. Nature

if he will watch, control, and alter his thoughts, tracing their effects upon himself, upon others, and upon his life and circumstances, linking cause and effect by patient practice and investigation, and utilizing his every experience, even to the most trivial, everyday occurrence, as a means of obtaining that knowledge of himself which is Understanding, Wisdom, Power.