Quotes About Circumstance

Being an actor in movies is a lot about the power of your imagination and making the circumstance real to you so the audience will feel that it's real.

The planes of light give you the power to rise above circumstance, the power to rise above your desires and your aversions.

No wonder, said an Ancient, that chance has so much power over us, since it is by chance that we live.

You think me the child of circumstance; I make my circumstance.

I learned by experience that you can change your circumstance. It's as simple as the serenity prayer; it's a very, very real thing.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steer'd.

We see which way the stream of time doth runAnd are enforc'd from our most quiet sphereBy the rough torrent of occasion.

A good man's fortune may grow out at heels.

As good luck would have it.

I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power to give: this is a gift which no man can make, it is not in our own power: a sound and healthy friendship is the growth of time and circumstance, it will spring up and thrive like a wildflower when these favour, and when they do not, it is in vain to look for it.

If pleasure is a circumstantial enjoyment, happiness refers to a deeper sense of fulfilment not dependent on circumstance, and which is usually accompanied by qualities such as peacefulness, purposefulness and benevolence. Unlike pleasure, which requires situations to be constantly renewed or upgraded, happiness is a state of mind that grows the more we experience it.

Bill did not believe in luck. Bad luck or good. Bill knew it was never a matter of luck, never a question of luck. Bill knew luck was just another excuse for failure.

Ecological circumstance provides opportunity for spillover. Evolution seizes opportunity, explores possibilities, and helps convert spillovers to pandemics.

In surviving the wave circumstance you learn lessons that you can use to survive the life circumstance.

With a doctrine-centered discipleship program, one must teach everything to ensure a person has the knowledge to be obedient. With an obedience-centered discipleship program, the emphasis is on how we can be obedient to Christ in every area of our lives and in every circumstance. When a new disciple asks a question, my answer is always the same: What must you do to be obedient to Christ? I

There is joy in every circumstance. Although the beginning is/might be bitter, there are valuables lessons in between that bring joy.

There is joy in every circumstance.

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; The way you play it is free will.

Fate didn't always speak up when called.

Y]ou're in a fog. When you circle round, you watch us live. You watch us struggle and you're envious.

It is choice--not chance--that determines your destiny.

Prayer is a mighty ministry that any believer can have—anywhere, anytime, and in any circumstance.

I'd learned enough from life's experiences to understand that destiny's interventions can sometimes be read as invitation for us to address and even surmount our biggest fears. It doesn't take a great genius to recognize that when you are pushed by circumstance to do the one thing you have always most specifically loathed and feared, this can be, at the very least, an interesting growth opportunity.