When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she…

Whatever happens, they say afterwards, it must have been fate. People are always a little confused about this, as they are in the case…

— Terry Pratchett

There is so much about my fate that I cannot control, but other things do fall under the jurisdiction. I can decide how I…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Whether or not belive in Fate comes down to one thing: who you blame when something goes wrong. Do you think it's your fault…

— Jodi Picoult

It seemed to me that the human beings I met reacted pretty much the same to the same stimuli. Different idioms,yes. Circumstances and conditions…

— Zora Neale Hurston

Being positive helps you to keep away negative thoughts. And helps you to stand in adverse circumstances with the hope that in the end…

— Anurag Prakash Ray

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