Faith is never dependent upon favorable circumstances.

There are many fine things which you mean to do some day, under what you think will be more favorable circumstances. But the only…

— Grenville Kleiser

Both art and faith are dependent on imagination; both are ventures into the unknown.

— Denise Levertov

Even under the most favorable circumstances no mortal can be asked to seize the truth in its wholeness or at its center.

— George Santayana

“She shrugged. “I was going to leave anyway. I told you.” “But not like this. You could have left under far more favorable circumstances.”…

— Mary E. Pearson

“Positive thinking attracts positive thinking people and favorable circumstances to accomplish our goals.”

— Angel Sefer

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

It's impossible to know who Donald might have been under different circumstances and with different parents.

— Mary L. Trump

My sister-in-law works for a group that supports orphanages in Cairo. She and her colleagues take care of children left behind by circumstances beyond…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

“The set of circumstances that justifies the use of deadly force is a situation of immediate danger of death or great bodily harm to…

— Massad Ayoob

The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Trust is about keeping commitments, but in many instances, circumstances change and organizations therefore shed commitments, things such as retiree medical benefits, pension obligations,…

— Jeffrey Pfeffer

Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance.

— Frederick Lenz

Although under particular circumstances, the violence method - any method - can be justified, nevertheless once you commit violence, then counterviolence will be returned.

— Dalai Lama

Jobs and money are never the primary cause of stress. Thinking, negative thinking causes stress. The real cause of all problems lie in our…

— Bob Proctor

I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself.

— Kate Winslet