People aren't just people, they are people surrounded by circumstances. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The nail doesn't choose the time or the circumstances in which it is drawn to the magnet — William Maxwell Copy Share Image
Nobody starts out evil - we know that. It's life circumstances that lead them to that. — Josh Trank Copy Share Image
Happiness is a state of mind, and depends very little on outward circumstances. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
There are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Real life is the life that's in you, not your circumstances, like where you live or what job you have or who… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
You appear in the Novelletten in every possible circumstance, in every irresistible form... They could only be written by one who knows… — Clara Schumann Copy Share Image
When we follow the Savior of the world, the Son of God, we flourish and become glorious despite the many terrible circumstances… — Quentin L. Cook Copy Share Image
A man may welcome his beloved with circumstance, but a woman's love and her concern for his well-being are discreet. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
A Smooth Road Never Makes Good Drivers. Smooth Seas Never Make Good Sailors,,, A Clear Skies Never Make Good Pilots. Remember, A… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
This is the central idea of the Gita- to be calm and steadfast in all circumstances, with one's body, mind, and soul… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Every church is a stone on the grave of a god-man: it does not want him to rise up again under any… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I've always found that acting has been quite a hard thing to pre-manage because so much of it is spontaneous and the… — Max Minghella Copy Share Image
Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
Nothing in this world is more inspiring than a soul up against crippling circumstances who carries it off with courage and faith… — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
For me, the more talented the actor is that I'm working with, the easier my job is because the circumstances of a… — Marshall Allman Copy Share Image
Human nature is so constituted that the propensity for evil is always intensified by external circumstances, and the morality of the individual… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Why did the achievers overcome problems while thousands are overwhelmed by theirs? They refused to hold on to the common excuses for… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
You must attach yourself spiritually to what you have placed in your imagination as a future fact, and never allow anyone, anything,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The positive emotions that arise in...unpromising circumstances demonstrate that social ties and meaningful work are deeply desired, readily improvised, and intensely rewarding.… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I think it's important for us as a society to remember that the youth within juvenile justice systems are, most of the… — Q'orianka Kilcher Copy Share Image
Like sex, poverty and power, suicide may always be with us. But like them again, the actual form is takes is essentially… — David Cannadine Copy Share Image
For as to the dispersing of Books, that Circumstance does perhaps as much harm as good: Since Nonsense flies with greater Celerity,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
By nature's law, every man has a right to seize and retake by force his own property taken from him by another,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Ever since men became capable of free speculation, their actions, in innumerable important respects, have depended upon their theories as to the… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Miss Trent regarded her thoughtfully. "Well, it's an odd circumstance, but I've frequently observed that whenever you boast of your beauty you… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
The language of commerce has been engineered to describe the overt purpose of a thing, but cannot encompass fringe benefits or peripheral… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I know well, Monsieur, how much you have to endure in your present duty, and I ask Our Lord to strengthen you… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
My personal life may be crowded with small petty incidents, altogether unnoticeable and mean; but if I obey Jesus Christ in the… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“Don't be a creation of circumstances, create your dreams, take full control of your destiny.” — steven redhead Copy Share Image
At all times and under all circumstances, we have the power to transform the quality of our lives. — Werner Erhard Copy Share Image
We must cut our coat according to our cloth, and adapt ourselves to changing circumstances. — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
But stories don't only speak; they are spoken to, by the circumstances under which they are written. — Tom Junod Copy Share Image
Never say never, dear. You might be surprised at what you can do, should circumstances dictate — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
As long as you keep your view in God, your circumstances can't shake you. — Jean Norvy Copy Share Image
In circumstances of real tragedy you see things straight away...past, present, and future together. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
