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When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way. — William Makepeace Thackeray

I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it under controlled circumstances. — Carol Burnett

We do not have to accept our current circumstances. We will change them. We are Americans. That's what we do. — Rick Perry

Here lies the bottom and root of all contentment, when there is an evenness and proportion between our hearts and our circumstances. — Jeremiah Burroughs

You can't just run away from uncomfortable situation. You have to develop new strategy to graciously handle the situation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The force that keeps the planets revolving around the sun would be glad to handle the circumstances of your life, if only you would ask him to. — Marianne Williamson

The system is the best that the present views and circumstances of the country will permit. — Alexander Hamilton

Public television goes dark only in two circumstances: when a country is occupied by foreign forces or when there is a coup. — Alexis Tsipras

People don't really change, they just adapt to circumstances. — Ruth Ahmed

Given the right set of circumstances, people could be happy everywhere and all the time. And these people actually do exist. In beer commercials. — Stephen Altrogge

I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the circumstances. — Ang Lee

Humans are producers of their life circumstance not just products of them. — Albert Bandura

You made a decision given your life circumstances and you have to be ok with that. Regrets that can't be change is just torturing yourself. — Michelle Singletary

It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us. — Christian Nestell Bovee

Wrong dressed out in pride, pomp, and circumstance has more attraction than abstract right. — William Hazlitt

IT IS BY CHOICE AND NOT BY CHANCES THAT WE CHANGE OUR CIRCUMSTANCES. — Nadia Sahari

I agree with God's Word; I disagree with any condition, situation or circumstance contrary to that Word. — T. B. Joshua

The man who has submitted his will and purposes entirely to God, carries God with him in all his works and in all circumstances. — Meister Eckhart

Sometimes, whether a desire is excessive or negative depends on the circumstances or society in which you live in. — Dalai Lama

God doesn't always change the circumstances, but He can change us to meet the circumstances. That's what it means to live by faith. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Resistance to unwanted circumstances has the power to keep those circumstances alive and well for a very long time. — Pema Chodron

Happiness is something that just happens because of the arrangement of circumstances, but joy endures in spite of circumstances. — John Hunter

Your circumstances do not make you who you are! — Mary J. Blige

The past is rich in lessons from which we would greatly profit except that the present is always so full of Special Circumstances. — Mignon McLaughlin

A free American girl can accommodate herself to circumstances without the aid of a man. -Nellie Bly — Matthew Goodman

If circumstances dictate that your disposable income has to come from eating ramen alongside your vintage Cantillon gueuze, so be it. — Patrick Dawson

Resolve that you will be the master and not the slave of circumstances. — Orison Swett Marden

Under most circumstances that would result in disqualification. If the rules of golf are upheld, I believe he should have been disqualified. — Steve Williams

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

Given courage and ability and a favorable set of circumstances, there is no greater way to [acquire] influence than to be free of personal ambition. — Lorena A. Hickok

You are bigger than your circumstances. — Liz Murray

Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world. — Brendan Fraser

My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances. — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. But most of all, I write because I love it! — Isabel Allende

I am an ardent supporter of Israel in all situations and in all circumstances. — Thomas Mulcair

Happiness is a state of mind, and depends very little on outward circumstances. — Helen Keller

Always, in all circumstances, wear comfortable shoes. You never know when you may have to run for your life. — Callie Khouri

I like the idea of love standing the test of time and circumstances. — Brooke Elliott

It takes great character and understanding of human emotions to help someone you shouldn't be helping under normal circumstances. — Daya Kudari

Today's circumstances are out of your control but you CAN control your response. Don't let a negative outlook kill your joy today. — LeCrae

I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances. — Pam Grier

In all circumstances, we must let God be in control. He is able to guide us in the best pathways. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We ourselves are not something apart from our circumstances. What we are and where we are are one and the same. — Brad Warner

In failing circumstances no one can be relied on to keep their integrity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

In these circumstances they did what most of us do, and, being ignorant of the truth, persuaded themselves into believing what they wished to believe. — Arrian

Just knowing you're not alone is often enough to kindle hope amid tragic circumstances. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Pain is such a useful thing. It corrects us when we're wrong. It shapes our character. It teaches us that we're alive. — C.J. Redwine

What one means one day, you know, one may not mean the next. Circumstances change, opinions alter. — Jane Austen

Victory and defeat are matters of the temporary force of circumstances. The way of avoiding shame is different. It is simply in death. — Tsunetomo Yamamoto

He [the householder] is the appointer of his owne circumstance, and his house is his castle. — Richard Mulcaster

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
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Truth is not merely what we are thinking, but also why, to whom and under what circumstances we say it. — Vaclav Havel

The only circumstances in which I would write a roman a clef would be if I'd lost my fucking car keys. — Will Self

Whatever circumstance it is, if you always do your best, then you can't beat yourself up, basically. — Lexi Ainsworth

It's better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances. — Stephen Covey

Sometimes it is the destinations out of reach that create the circumstances God uses to remind that we are never out of his reach. — Andy Stanley

Take into account all possible obstacles and circumstances that may prevent you from achieving your goal, and plan how you will overcome them. — Anonymous

Let the mind beware, that though the flesh be bugged, the circumstances of existence are pretty glorious. — Jack Kerouac

In no country and under no circumstances is it possible to launch resistance unless the government approves of this. — Mohammed Mahdi Akef

The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances. — J. Paul Getty

In what circumstances does the human element remain indispensable, and why? — Matthew B. Crawford

Our circumstances answer to our expectations and the demand of our natures. — Henry David Thoreau

Character, not circumstances, makes the man. — Booker T. Washington

We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude. — William James

There's no scientist I know who wouldn't rather be a charlatan. And when circumstances allow you to be both, why it's great fun! — Edwin Land

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. — Thomas Jefferson

The only way to joy is to interpret our circumstances by God's Word rather than to judge God by our circumstances. — Lydia Brownback

I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil. — Arnold J. Toynbee

Death is always, under all circumstances, a tragedy, for if it is not then it means that life has become one. — Theodore Roosevelt

Sometimes, it is not you who finds good ideas when you are seeking them. Instead, good ideas find you in the most unexpected circumstances. — Alberto Cairo

People who believe they cause good things tend to like themselves better than people who believe good things come from other people or circumstances. — Martin Seligman

Joy comes from knowing that God is at work in your life in spite of your circumstances. — Jim George

Ultimately, contentment is more a shift in attitude than a change in circumstances. — Linda Dillow

I have to believe there's redemption in the darkest of circumstances; otherwise it's too bleak for me. — Paddy Considine

We can't control on how each day will fall, but we can control how we fall into each day. Learn to make adjustments to match the circumstances. — Anthony Liccione

The circumstances of our lives are pieces of a larger scheme in the puzzle of life, and in His Perfect Wisdom, the pieces fit. — Renae Jones

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace. — Denzel Washington

There is little sense in pitting a lesser sense of duty against a greater one. No leader could expect loyalty to hold under those circumstances. — C.S. Pacat

Murray crossed the sandy lawn using the cautious, inoffensive gait any prudent Jew might adopt under the circumstances, — James K. Morrow

History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstances. — Donald Creighton

No matter where we live on the planet or how difficult our situation seems to be, we have the ability to overcome and transcend our circumstances. — Louise L. Hay

Circumstances may accumulate so strongly even against an innocent man, that directed, sharpened, and pointed, they may slay him. — Charles Dickens

The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our lives and everything to do with the focus of our lives. — Russel M. Nelson

Sometimes there doesn't seem to be any right or wrong, just circumstances. You make the best decision you can at the time and move on. — George W. Parker

I once thought it would take a miracle to improve my circumstances. Now, I believe it will take something far more powerful, if such a thing exists. — Richelle E. Goodrich

You lose power to the people and circumstances you judge. They capture your attention in the same way that a movie does. — Gary Zukav

Circumstances in the world of politics contribute substantially to whether or not you can be successful. — Willie Brown

When we watch a play under the standard circumstances, we've lost volition and time is passing. A still play feels like an existential threat. — Richard Greenberg

When the "evil day" comes, we do not have to be dependent upon the circumstances around us, but rather on the resources of God! — Billy Graham

In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer. — Mark Twain

Young people have a marvellous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances. — Samuel Butler

Sometimes the most whole people are those who come from the most broken circumstances. — Richard Paul Evans

Humans make their own history, but not under circumstances of their choosing. — John Lanchester

Our joy does not have to be based on our circumstances. — Joyce Meyer

In difficult circumstances, teams either separate or come closer together, it's as simple as that — Ron Dennis

Come! Let us make that bargain. Think of me at my best, if circumstances should ever part us! — Charles Dickens

Left to themselves, people remake their origin stories every few generations to suit present circumstances. — Jo Walton

The Bible changes your perspective on the people, events, and circumstances of your day. — Elizabeth George

He had seen better days - though these had only served to embitter him against his current circumstances. — David F. Porteous

Extreme circumstances can trigger the most powerful of responses. — Fennel Hudson