I used to think I could shape the circumstances around me…

“We have become human doings more than human beings, and the verb “rest,” as Jesus uses it, is largely foreign to us.”

— Richard Rohr

It's not your circumstances that shape you, it's how you react to your circumstances.

— Anne Ortlund

“Circumstances shape who we are and who we become. I believe that. But I also believe we have choices. There are always choices.”

— Lisa Schroeder

“When ideas are detached from the media used to transmit them, they are also cut off from the historical circumstances that shape them, and…

— Elizabeth L. Eisenstein

“But in reading all of the passages in which Jesus uses the word "hell," what is so striking is that people believing the right…

— Rob Bell

There is nowhere in the four Gospels where Jesus uses the word 'homosexual.'

— Michael Moore

In a movie, a book, or a play, a character doesn't live in a vacuum. She is subject to pressures from the world outside…

— James Franco

“The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our hearts on the black horse of affliction. Jesus uses the whole range of our…

— Charles H. Spurgeon

As someone who grew up in tough circumstances, I know that being on public assistance is not a spot that anyone wants to be…

— Dean Heller

“our circumstances and know that ultimate victory is ours.”

— Anonymous

“…I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to…

— Renee Fisher

In the same circumstances, I know that I would do the same thing again.

— Melita Norwood

Most circumstances, I know my fate. But in this love thang, I don't get the game.

— Jazmine Sullivan

I used to think I could learn about Jesus by studying Him, but now I know Jesus doesn't want stalkers.

— Bob Goff

God's grace comes in all shapes, sizes, and circumstances as God continues to unfold something magnificent in me.

— Bob Goff