Quotes About Circumstances

The good or the bad fortune of men depends not less upon their own dispositions than upon fortune.

Never inject a man into the top, if it can be avoided. In a big organization, to have to do that, I think, is a reflection on management, Of course there are always exceptional cases.

There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn it to their own prejudice.

What a man is depends on his character; but what he does, and what we think of what he does, depends on his circumstances.

If a man is to lose his fortune, it is a good thing if he were poor before he acquired it, for poverty requires aptitude.

Circumstances break men's bones; it has never been shown that they break men's optimism.

A man is a man, on a throne or in a pigsty.

That man,' Elayne said, 'is never where he needs to be.' 'And yet,' Perrin said, 'he always arrives there eventually.

He that finds out he's changed his lot for worse, Let him betimes the untoward choice reverse: For still, when all is said, the rule stands fast, That each man's shoe be made on his own last.

Men think to mend their condition by a change of circumstances. They might as well hope to escape from their shadows.

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.

An ill winde that bloweth no man to good.

My mom was born poor, raised poor, and was going to die poor.

It's funny how money change a situation.

Money shows [man] new ways to cheat life. Power becomes exterior instead of interior. In these circumstances architecture becomes too difficult, building too easy.

We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.

It is hard to apply oneself to study when there is no money to pay for food and lodging. I almost never explain these things when folks are asking me why I don't do this or that.

Money has nothing to do with style at all, but naturally it helps every situation.

We all have choices. (Astrid) No we don't, princess. Only people with money and influence have choices. For the rest of us, basic necessity dictates what we have to do to survive. (Zarek)

Cash is cold comfort under these circumstances. But make no mistake about it; It is some comfort.

Happiness is not bought by money, but it can buy circumstances and conditions that improve the chances of a worldly kind of happiness.

Whether it is big or small, the size of a poor man's yard incessantly reminds him that he is poor.

The time we are living in has its own conditions, peculiarities and standards

Some people make enough, some people don't, and it has nothing to do with their paycheck.