Our soft hearts are what tell us that, whatever the circumstances of birth, everyone must be given opportunities to do well. — Sendhil Mullainathan Copy Share Image
Uncharged with invisible meaning, the visible is nothing, mere clay; and without visible circumstance, a territory, to connect to, our spirit is… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
One must not count in thousands, like the propagandist belonging to a small group that has not yet given leadership to the… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No one can take from us the ability to choose our attitudes toward the circumstances in which we find ourselves. This is… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Men think to mend their condition by a change of circumstances. They might as well hope to escape from their shadows. — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
We actors do this to pretend, to go into imaginary circumstances, so when the imaginary circumstance is of a different time, that… — Tim DeKay Copy Share Image
There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on… — Anita Brookner Copy Share Image
The generality of men are so bound within the sphere of their circumstances that they have not even the courage to get… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
You’re my dream, Alaric McCabe. And I love you. I’ve loved you from the moment your horse dumped you at my cottage.… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
True intercession involves bringing the person, or the circumstance that seems to be crashing in on you, before God, until you are… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
America is a country that went through an extremely difficult set of circumstances out of 9/11. And we've survived it as a… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Today is a new day. Don't let your history interfere with your destiny! Let today be the day you stop being a… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
When confronted with iron-will determination, I can see Time, Fate and Circumstance calling a hasty conference and deciding, We might as well… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Thankfulness can reduce stress in your life by making you more content with who you are and what you have. If you… — Thomas Kinkade Copy Share Image
We need to build change in to our systems and let these systems evolve as circumstances change. Change is inevitable, but we… — Daniel Suarez Copy Share Image
Living from the Creator Orientation is actually more challenging. In the Victim Orientation, I didn't have to exercise conscious choice; I just… — David Emerald Womeldorff Copy Share Image
Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
I think that we're all always just working on finding how that balance functions for us, given today's circumstances. — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
Switzerland has no competition. It sits in the middle of Europe, it has the highest technological development, it's legally safe and the… — Jean Ziegler Copy Share Image
The great thing about America is that you can come from the worst circumstances and become something remarkable. — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Happiness is always a choice. You can't wait for circumstances to get better. You have to create your own good fortune. So… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
I just think it's difficult for them to see the forest for the trees right now, which I can't blame them for,… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
It is in the nature of imperialism that citizens of the imperial power are always among the last to know-or care-about circumstances… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I can foresee no circumstance in which I would allow my name to be put forward for the leadership of the Conservative… — Michael Heseltine Copy Share Image
Do good under all circumstances, but with no care for any profit, or any blessedness, or any damnation, or any salvation, or… — Hadewijch Copy Share Image
You must be willing to give total unconditional love to everyone, under all circumstances. That means being willing to be totally responsible… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Stress is not caused by your busy life or challenging circumstances, it's simply the result of an imbalance between silence and activity. — Jerry Thomas Copy Share Image
I am a professed atheist, until I find myself in serious circumstances. Then I quickly fall on my knees, in my mind… — Don McCullin Copy Share Image
You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director.… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
My other work, teaching, also is satisfying because I can be with people but in controlled circumstances, which aren't as likely to… — Phillip Lopate Copy Share Image
The planes of light give you the power to rise above circumstance, the power to rise above your desires and your aversions. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
More is happening out there than we are aware of. It is possibly due to some unknown direful circumstance. — Edward Gorey Copy Share Image
Slander is perhaps the only vice which no circumstance can palliate, as well as being one which we are most ingenious in… — Jean Baptiste Massillon Copy Share Image
Sometimes, whether a desire is excessive or negative depends on the circumstances or society in which you live in. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be… — Ulrich Beck Copy Share Image
“Circumstances don't determine who you are, or what you will be. Only you do that. You either decide, or you don't. Even… — Julie-Anne Copy Share Image
Joy is not dependent on circumstances; it is your own. It is not a titillation produced by things; it is a state… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Don't die for the country! Don't die for the love! Don't die for anything! Always choose life! Under every circumstance this is… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends; While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
