Quotes About Circumstances

Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.

So, if you are respectful of the rule, and conscious of its importance, and realize that it serves as a bulwark against the chaos of the unknown, and you still decide to break it, carefully, because the particularities of the circumstances demand it – well, then, more power to you. If you are just a careless, ignorant, antisocial narcissist instead, however, then look out. You break a rule at your peril, whether you know it or not.

Not everyone who is failing is a victim, and not everyone who is at the bottom wishes to rise.

not everyone who is failing is a victim, and not everyone at the bottom wishes to rise,

Unfortunately, that physical hyper-response, that constant alertness, burns up a lot of precious energy and physical resources. This response is really what everyone calls stress, and it is by no means only or even primarily psychological. It's a reflection of the genuine constraints of unfortunate circumstances.

Miquel soltó una bocanada de aire. Cuando era inspector solía decir que nadie es bueno ni malo, que todo depende de las circunstancias.Y decía que cada ser humano tenía luces y sombras.

Todo llega antes o después, lo bueno y lo malo, y el orden depende de las circunstancias y del lado que esté uno.

A man gradually identifies himself with the form of his fate; a man is, in the long run, his own circumstances.

Pero en los momentos critícos de mi vida siempre he obrado contra mi voluntad obedeciendo á distintos fines y á poderosas dusas.

Christian situation ethics has only one norm or principle or law...that is binding and unexceptionable, always good and right regardless of the circumstances. That is 'love' -- the agape of the summary commandment to love God and neighbor. Everything else without exception, all laws and rules and principles and ideals and norms, are only contingent, only valid if they happen to serve love in any situation.

We can not tell what may happen to you in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens to us, how we take it, what we do with it and that is what really counts in the end.

As a person thinks, feels, and believes, so is the condition of his or her mind, body, and circumstances.

its first major weakness, for being committed rather unscientifically to such a closed system in which progress is to be shunned and suppressed, the Group shows that it is incapable of adaptability to changing circumstances that are not under its own control.

Evolutionary theory suggests that we should embrace all of our emotions, as each has an important role to play under the right circumstances. So, though you may seek ways to increase happiness, don't haphazardly push away your sadness. No doubt, it's there for good reason.

It is in a case like this that a doctor knows he is powerless in such circumstances, that he longs for change; a change which would prevent the injustice of a system in which until a month ago this poor old woman had had to earn her living as a waitress, wheezing and panting but facing life with dignity.

It is, however, a most astonishing but incontestable fact, that the history of the evolution of man as yet constitutes no part of general education. Indeed, our so-called 'educated classes' are to this day in total ignorance of the most important circumstances and the most remarkable phenomena which Anthropogeny has brought to light.

He sometimes said it was partly his own fault, but he believed steadfastly that his position had been brought about by other people. He

But the character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done. The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre, and causing a panic. . . . The question in every case is whether the words are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent." With relatively little elaboration,

The Supreme Court ruled that the governor was not protected by absolute immunity, but could claim qualified immunity: "the existence of reasonable grounds for the belief formed at the time and in light of all the circumstances, coupled with good-faith belief, . . . affords a basis for qualified immunity of executive officers.

Chambers, the Supreme Court invoked the automobile exception to the Fourth Amendment and said "automobiles and other conveyances may be searched without a warrant in circumstances that would not justify the search without a warrant of a house or an office" if officers have probable cause to believe that the car contains articles that they are entitled to seize.

he totality of the circumstances," the officer "had reasonable suspicion to believe that respondent was engaged in illegal activity.

There are several kinds of happiness, Washington. Sometimes it is not for us to choose, or even understand, the one granted us.

With your practiced attention to any subject, the Law of Attraction delivers circumstances, conditions, experiences, other people, and all manner of things that match your

Only when you understand that another cannot be a part of your experience unless you invite them in through your thoughts (or through your attention to them), and that circumstances cannot be a part of your experience unless you invite them to you through your thought (or through your observation of them), will you be the Allower that you wanted to be when you came forth into this expression of life.