Circumstances Quotes

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The brotherhood of man is evoked by particular men according to their circumstances. But it seldom extends to all men. In the name of our… — R. D. Laing
There are many fine things which you mean to do some day, under what you think will be more favorable circumstances. But the only time… — Grenville Kleiser
There are circumstances in which suicide presents a viable option; a workable alternative; the only sensible solution. — Edward Abbey
I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to any thing which relates to human actions, and human concerns, on a simple view of… — Edmund Burke
Circumstances sometimes require, that rights the most unquestionable should be advanced with delicacy. — Thomas Jefferson
It is a happy circumstance in human affairs that evils which are not cured in one way will cure themselves in some other. — Thomas Jefferson
The things you refuse to meet today always come back at you later on, usually under circumstances which make the decision twice as difficult as… — Eleanor Roosevelt
At my age, and in my circumstances, what sinister object, or personal emolument had I to seek after, in this life? The growing infirmities of… — George Washington
Integrity and firmness is all I can promise; these, be the voyage long or short, never shall forsake me though I be deserted by all… — George Washington
Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him. — James Lane Allen
The need to be loved and protected is at a peak when we feel abandoned and are particularly vulnerable to difficult circumstances. — Uta Hagen
The real wonder is that so many difficulties should have been surmounted [in the federal convention], and surmounted with a unanimity almost as unprecedented as… — James Madison
Men's activities are occupied into ways -- in grappling with external circumstances and in striving to set things at one in their own topsy-turvy mind. — William James
Don't be an actor. Be a human being who works off what exists under imaginary circumstances. — Sanford Meisner
During long periods of history, the mode of human sense perception changes with humanity’s entire mode of existence. The manner in which human sense perception… — Walter Benjamin
Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances. — Euripides
From this I conclude that the best education for the situations of actual life consists of the experience we acquire from the study of serious… — Polybius
The rigidity of those pledges is something I don’t like. The circumstances change and you can’t be wedded to some formula by Grover Norquist. It’s—who… — George H. W. Bush
Some people point to me as the cause of all society's problems, others as if I am the benefactor, responsible for everything good, but I… — Hugo Chavez
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it… — Charles Babbage
As in everything else, I must start with myself. That is: in all circumstances try to be decent, just, tolerant, and understanding, and at the… — Vaclav Havel
Moreover, as America becomes an increasingly multi-cultural society, it may find it more difficult to fashion a consensus on foreign policy issues, except in the… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
When circumstances defy order, order should bend or break: anomalies and uncertainties give validity to architecture. — Robert Venturi
It isn't myself that's important in this transaction apparently; the individual doesn't count much in the situation...all of us are more or less pawns. We're… — Theodore Dreiser
Successful men and women become successful because they acquire the habit of thinking in terms of success. Get the success habit in the small circumstances… — Napoleon Hill

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