Circumstance Quotes

501 Circumstance quotes by 404 unique authors

Happiness is not a feeling, it is a choice. To be happy, one must choose to be happy, not respond to a circumstance that now… — Joyce Meyer
In streams of light I clearly saw The dust you seldom see, Out of which the Nameless makes A Name for one like me... All… — Leonard Cohen
The pain comes from more than the facts of circumstance, or the deeds of others. It comes from within. From understanding what we lost. It… — John Jakes
I can easily believe it. Women of that class have great opportunities, and if they are intelligent may be well worth listening to. Such varieites… — Jane Austen
It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity–awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most… — Richard Paul Evans
...we will stand amazed to see the topside of the tapestry and how God beautifully embroidered each circumstance into a pattern for our good and… — Joni Eareckson Tada
I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I… — Henry David Thoreau
To the philosophers of India, however, Relativity is no new discovery, just as the concept of light years is no matter for astonishment to people… — Alan Watts
Patient endurance permits us to cling to our faith in the Lord and our faith in His timing when we are being tossed about by… — Neal A. Maxwell
Autobiography, if there really is such a thing, is like asking a rabbit to tell us what he looks like hopping through the grasses of… — Arthur Golden
It is quite rare for God to provide a great man at the necessary moment to carry out some great deep, which is why when… — Alexandre Dumas
Wimsey stooped for an empty sardine-tin which lay, horribly battered, at his feet, and slung it idly into the quag. It struck the surface with… — Dorothy L. Sayers
Barbarianism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is the whim of circumstance. And barbarianism must ultimately triumph — Robert E. Howard
A man who couldn't make things go right could at least go. He could quit trying to get out of the way of life. Chuck… — William Least Heat-Moon
A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance. — Hunter S. Thompson
She felt drawing further from her and further from her an Archduke, (she did not mind that) a fortune, (she did not mind that) the… — Virginia Woolf
You know, sometimes I'll go to an 8th-grade graduation and there's all that pomp and circumstance and gowns and flowers. And I think to myself,… — Barack Obama
In many places it is literally not safe physically for youngsters to go to school. And in many schools, and its becoming almost generally true,… — Boyd K. Packer
Youth is a circumstance you can't do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old. — Frank Lloyd Wright
they walked with a pedatory grace.... one of them ripped off their hood and said, "my name is Tally Youngblood and is a special circumstance".... — Scott Westerfeld
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
The threads of circumstance that lead to tomorrow are so tenuous that all the fussing and worrying about decisions is futile compared to the pure… — Nick Bantock
It is attitude, infinitely more than circumstance, that determines the quality of life. Life is often quite tough, challenging us to choose between seemingly esoteric,… — Laura Schlessinger
Just as, at least in one religion, accidia is the first of the cardinal sins, so bordom, and particularly the incredible circumstance of waking up… — Ian Fleming
When we are being compassionate, we consider another's circumstance with love rather than judgement... To be compassionate is to move into the right here, right… — Jill Bolte Taylor

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