Circumstances Quotes

2761 Circumstances quotes by 1693 unique authors

This is our world and we need the same things to survive. If I'm making my life better and the circumstances of your life worse,… — Gisele Bundchen
Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being… — Edmund Burke
Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial… — Edmund Burke
Men seek for vocabularies that are reflections of reality. To this end, they must develop vocabularies that are selections of reality. And any selection of… — Kenneth Burke
I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it… — Carol Burnett
People with deep faith and big hearts are concerned, as I am about the circumstance that Ms. Schiavo is in. I want them to know… — Jeb Bush
Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances. — Samuel Butler
I look at being older and gaining wisdom. I've learned to stay fit and healthy. I accept my body, my life, and my circumstances. — Kim Alexis
Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances. — Jackie Chan
Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances. — Iris Chang
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. — James Allen
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him. — James Allen
Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an assault on democracy. — Noam Chomsky
LeBron James can get a shot off under any and all circumstances and he makes them. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I write to understand my circumstances, to sort out the confusion of reality, to exorcise my demons. But most of all, I write because I… — Isabel Allende
I, for one, respect those who believe with all their hearts and conscience that there are no circumstances under which any abortion should ever be… — Hillary Clinton
During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything… — Maya Angelou
Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance,… — W.C. Fields
Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him. — Thomas Aquinas

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