CIRCUMSTANCE

Quote: He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.

Author: David Hume 1711-1776, Scottish Philosopher, Historian


Quote: 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.

Author: William James 1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author


Quote: To see your drama clearly is to be liberated from it.

Author: Ken Keyes Jr. 1921-1995, American Author


Quote: The circumstances of your life have uniquely qualified you to make a contribution. And if you don't make that contribution, nobody else can make it.

Author: Rabbi Harold S. Kushner


Quote: Circumstances hell! I make circumstances!

Author: Bruce Lee 1940-1973, Chinese-American Actor, Director, Author, Martial Artist


Quote: Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.

Author: Titus Livy BC 59-17 AD, Roman Historian


Quote: Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Author: Jack London 1876-1916, American Novelist


Quote: Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.

Author: Samuel Lover 1797-1868, American Author


Quote: I am bigger than anything that can happen to me.

Author: Charles F. Lummis


Quote: Upright whether in prosperous or in critical circumstances.

Author: Motto


Quote: You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you felling otherwise.

Author: James Newman


Quote: We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.

Author: Earl Nightingale 1921-1989, American Radio Announcer, Author, Motivator, Speaker


Quote: It is a fact that you project what you are.

Author: Norman Vincent Peale 1898-1993, American Christian Reformed Pastor, Speaker, Author


Quote: It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.

Author: Anthony Robbins 1960-, American Author, Speaker, Peak Performance Expert / Consultant


Quote: It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.

Author: Frederick W. Robertson


Quote: If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.

Author: Bertrand Russell 1872-1970, British Philosopher, Mathematician, Essayist


Quote: How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.

Author: David J. Schwartz American Trainer, Author of ''The Magic of Thinking Big''


Quote: Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he.

Author: Johann G. Seume 1763-1810, German Theologist


Quote: People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them.

Author: George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950, Irish-born British Dramatist


Quote: In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.

Author: Amy Tan 1952-, Chinese American Author, ''The Joy Luck Club''


Quote: Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.

Author: Source Unknown


Quote: No person is either as happy or as unhappy as they imagine. Things are never as good or as bad as they seem.

Author: Source Unknown


Quote: The one who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it

Author: Source Unknown


Quote: I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

Author: Martha Washington 1731-1802, American First Lady, Wife of President, George Washington


Quote: I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in.

Author: Virginia Woolf 1882-1941, British Novelist, Essayist


Quote: Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Author: James Allen 1864-1912, British-born American Essayist, Author of ''As a Man Thinketh''


Quote: Although our inattention can contribute to our lack of total well-being, we also have the power to choose positive behaviors and responses. In that choice we change our every experience of life!

Author: Greg Anderson American Author of ''The 22 Non-Negotiable Laws of Wellness''


Quote: Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs.

Author: Mario Andretti 1940-, Italian-born American Auto Racer


Quote: And as for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive. [Genesis 50:20]

Author: Bible Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism


Quote: It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore.

Author: Christian Nevell Bovee 1820-1904, American Author, Lawyer


Quote: You are where you are today because you've chosen to be there.

Author: Harry Browne 1933-, American Financial Advisor, Writer


Quote: We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.

Author: Leo Buscaglia American Expert on Love, Lecturer, Author


Quote: Men are the sport of circumstances when it seems circumstances are the sport of men.

Author: Lord Byron 1788-1824, British Poet


Quote: Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.

Author: Jackie Chan 1954-, Hong Kong Actor, Director, Producer, Singer, Stun Choreographer


Quote: How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us.

Author: Parks Cousins


Quote: If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.

Author: Stephen R. Covey American Speaker, Trainer, Author of ''The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People''


Quote: Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

Author: Benjamin Disraeli 1804-1881, British Statesman, Prime Minister


Quote: Man is more powerful than matter.

Author: Benjamin Disraeli 1804-1881, British Statesman, Prime Minister


Quote: Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.

Author: Benjamin Disraeli 1804-1881, British Statesman, Prime Minister


Quote: Whether you're winning or losing, it is important to always be yourself. You can't change because of the circumstances around you.

Author: Cotton Fitzsimmons Basketball Coach


Quote: We are exactly where we have chosen to be.

Author: Vernon Howard 19?-1992, American Author, Speaker