Circumstances Quotes
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God does not further our spiritual life in spite of our circumstances, but in and by our circumstances.
Oswald Chambers
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Simply to ask a blessing upon one's circumstances, whatever they are, is somehow to improve them, and to tap some mysterious source of energy and joy.
Marjorie Holmes
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There is more to fearlessness than merely having overcome fear... This state of being is not dependent on any external circumstances. It is individual dignity... that comes from being what we are, right now.
Chogyam Trungpa
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They're going to fall off of playground equipment no matter what the circumstances.
Hal Stratton
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Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances.
Bryan Adams
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As bees extract honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so sensible men often get advantage and profit from the most awkward circumstances.
Plutarch
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I really don't think it would be wise to speculate in an abstract way about the circumstances in which it might be on the agenda.
Jack Straw
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I never do research unless it's extraordinary circumstances.
Malcolm McDowell
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The quality of a person's life does not depend on the circumstances of his life as much as the attitude with which he faces those circumstances.
Javan
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When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.
William Osler
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Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.
Klemens von Metternich
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This is something that is extremely hard, ... You don't like doing this. I don't. Sometimes you don't chart the circumstances or what happens - it just happens. Certainly it wasn't the plan I had going in, but sometimes plans change, and I think you do the best you can in dealing with it.
Joe Gibbs
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The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances for living happily and contentedly in our enchanted island.
Malcolm Muggeridge
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I can fully appreciate the fury and anger that a person can feel when put through a humiliating experience by a cop, but I would recommend strongly that a person maintain his cool, and in no circumstances lose his temper. If you lose your temper, you are playing right into the cop's hands.
William Powell
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Develop a benovolent world view;look for the good in the people and circumstances around you.
Brian Tracy
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Happiness is less regulated by external circumstances than inward enjoyment. Whoever is happy in the satisfaction of himself feels imperturbable felicity; but he, who trusts entirely to the world for the disposition of his peace, must inevitably participate in many privations and disappointments.
Norm MacDonald
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If you come face to face with some really challenging situations and tragic circumstances - you are going in there with a purpose. You are not going in there as a tourist.
Annie Lennox Eurythmics
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In Christian work our initiative and motivation are too often simply the result of realizing that there is work to be done and that we must do it. Yet that is never the attitude of a spiritually vigorous saint. His aim is to achieve the realization of Jesus Christ in every set of circumstances.
Oswald Chambers
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The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts.
Marianne Williamson
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The peace that Jesus gives is never engineered by circumstances on the outside.
Oswald Chambers
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Although I have been prevented by outward circumstances from observing a strictly vegetarian diet, I have long been an adherent to the cause in principle.
Albert Einstein
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Why is it that no other species but man gets bored? Under the circumstances in which a man gets bored, a dog goes to sleep.
Walker Percy
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There are no great men, just great circumstances, and how they handle those circumstances will determine the outcome of history.
William Halsey
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I have not lost Allah's hope in us to show compassion where none exists and to extend mercy in the most difficult of circumstances. We as Muslims must lead by example.
Muhammad Ali