External Circumstances Quotes

26 quotes by 24 authors

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. When you make a decision to "be" a particular… — Mark Twain
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
The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. It is more powerful than external circumstances. — Seneca the Younger
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
Just as so many rivers, so many showers of rain from above, so many medicinal springs do not alter the taste of the sea, so… — Seneca the Younger
Lay your wishes aside for a spell, and look deep into what you believe about yourself. Make sure your beliefs about your own life are… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Whenever you are able, have a "look" inside yourself to see whether you are unconsciously creating conflict between the inner and the outer, between your… — Eckhart Tolle
True peace is a quality you carry within yourself, regardless of external circumstances. — John Templeton
Happiness does not come about only due to external circumstances; it mainly derives from inner attitudes. — Dalai Lama
Happiness is intrinsic, it's an internal thing. When you build it into yourself, no external circumstances can take it away. — Leo Buscaglia
Most minds are the slaves of external circumstances, and conform to any hand that undertakes to mould them. — Samuel Johnson
I know success or failure in my life or ministry does not depend on my own skill or even on external circumstances, it depends only… — Lester Sumrall
Most people use their energy attempting to rearrange circumstances that trigger painful emotions. Changing external circumstances will not change your rigid patterns of emotional response.… — Gary Zukav
The intellectual is not defined by professional group and type of occupation. Nor are good upbringing and a good family enough in themselves to produce… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Joy is not the same as pleasure or happiness. A wicked and evil man may have pleasure, while any ordinary mortal is capable of being… — Fulton J. Sheen
There is more to fearlessness than merely having overcome fear... This state of being is not dependent on any external circumstances. It is individual dignity...… — Chogyam Trungpa
We need a different conception of happiness, more enduring and more genuine, not dependent on external circumstances. — Richard Davidson
Human nature is so constituted that the propensity for evil is always intensified by external circumstances, and the morality of the individual depends much more… — Mikhail Bakunin
You do not become a ''dissident'' just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by… — Vaclav Havel
Happiness, as is evident, depends partly upon external circumstances and partly upon oneself. — Bertrand Russell

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