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The bitterness of the potion, and the abhorrence of the patient are necessary circumstances to the operation. It must be something to trouble and disturb… — Michel de Montaigne
The strength of any plan depends on the time. Circumstances and things eternally shift and change. — Michel de Montaigne
Exceptional talent does not always win its reward unless favored by exceptional circumstances. — Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Circumstances beyond my individual control. — Charles Dickens
Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one of the old… — Benjamin Franklin
Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances: it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at right time, or it was so… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When we desire or solicit anything, our minds run wholly on the good side or circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run… — Jonathan Swift
Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is, as Emerson says, some central idea or conception of yourself by which all the facts of your life are arranged and classified. Change… — Wallace D. Wattles
Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for… — Stephen Covey
In like manner the effect of every action is measured by the depth of the sentiment from which it proceeds. The great man knew not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to… — L. Neil Smith
If you want prosperity, you must refuse to accept any circumstances that lead toward poverty. — Napoleon Hill
In science we have to consider two things: power and circumstance. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All living organisms are but leaves on the same tree of life. The various functions of plants and animals and their specialized organs are manifestations… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
An Experiment, like every other event which takes place, is a natural phenomenon; but in a Scientific Experiment the circumstances are so arranged that the… — James Clerk Maxwell
Natural science is founded on minute critical views of the general order of events taking place upon our globe, corrected, enlarged, or exalted by experiments,… — Humphry Davy
It can hardly be pressed forcibly enough on the attention of the student of nature, that there is scarcely any natural phenomenon which can be… — John Herschel
Now this circumscribed power, which we have scarcely examined, scarcely studied, this power to whose actions we nearly always attribute an intention and a goal,… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Art should exhilarate, and throw down the walls of circumstance on every side, awakening in the beholder the same sense of universal relation and power… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
By consciously meditating upon spiritual truths and cultivating personal integrity, one need never fear negative circumstances. — Aberjhani
If life can emerge just from naturalistic circumstances, then God is out of a job. — Lee Strobel
Do you think in many ways, sir, you're the victim of circumstance now? — Peter Jennings
It is your choice to be happy. Make up your mind to enjoy this day, to have a blessed, prosperous, victorious year. You may have… — Joel Osteen
Order or disorder depends on organisation; courage or cowardice on circumstances; strength or weakness on dispositions. — Sun Tzu

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