Circumstances Quotes
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The peace that Jesus gives is never engineered by circumstances on the outside.
Oswald Chambers
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Muhammad was a prince; he rallied his compatriots around him. In a few years, the Muslims conquered half of the world. They plucked more souls from false gods, knocked down more idols, razed more pagan temples in fifteen years than the followers of Moses and Jesus did in fifteen centuries. Muhammad was a great man. He would indeed have been a god, if the revolution that he had performed had not been prepared by the circumstances.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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I don't teach my students, I provide the circumstances in which they can learn.
Albert Einstein
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There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances.
Honore de Balzac
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We only know ourselves and what we really are when the force of circumstances brings us out.
Elizabeth Prentiss
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Even under the best of circumstances, there's just something so damn tragic about growing up.
Jonathan Tropper
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Murder is an inherently evil act, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how convincing the rationalizations.
Bentley Little
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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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Well when I was young, actually not just me, but we were all poor. Korea used to be one of the poorest countries in the world. Despite such circumstances, I was very, very fortunate to be blessed with having parents who always instilled in a spirit of can-do spirit.
Lee Myung-bak
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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
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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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The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts.
Marianne Williamson
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You, the sons and daughters, the future of Turkiye, even under such circumstances and conditions, your duty is to save the Turkish independence and the Republic, you will find the power you need in the noble blood in your veins.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
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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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Lust and self-mutilation are closely related impulses. There are also self-mutilators among knowers: they do not want to be creators under any circumstances.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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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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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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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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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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You speak like a green girl / unsifted in such perilous circumstances.
William Shakespeare
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Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances.
Bryan Adams
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All living organisms are but leaves on the same tree of life. The various functions of plants and animals and their specialized organs are manifestations of the same living matter. This adapts itself to different jobs and circumstances, but operates on the same basic principles. Muscle contraction is only one of these adaptations. In principle it would not matter whether we studied nerve, kidney or muscle to understand the basic principles of life. In practice, however, it matters a great deal.
Albert Szent-Györgyi
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Ultimately the way to win the game of life, is found in only one thing: Our ability to choose meaning in any life circumstance. Become the master of meaning and you master your life.
Anthony Robbins
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We all find joy and radiance and a reason to move on even in the most dire of circumstances. Even in chaos and madness, there's still a beauty that comes from just the vibrancy of another human spirit.
Ishmael Beah