Best 633 quotes in «circumstances quotes» category

Joy isn't grounded in our circumstances; it is grounded in the unchanging character of God.

Justice must take account of infinite circumstances which a human being cannot understand.

Know that I've forgotten precisely nothing; but I've driven it all out of my head for a time, even the memories--until I've radically improved my circumstances. Then...then you'll see, I'll rise from the dead!

Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.

Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others.

Life is rough for a lot of people. Some people live in greater material circumstances than others, but life is rough for everybody.

Life's values originate in circumstances over which the individual has no control.

Live your life with a smile regardless the circumstances.

Living faith is above circumstances; no delays can discourage it, no loss of friends or depression in trade can touch it.

Make your plans to fit the circumstances.

Man makes circumstances, and spiritually as well as economically, is the artificer of his own fortune.

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.

Man without religion is the creature of circumstances: Religion is above all circumstances, and will lift him up above them.

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.

Many many external circumstances are outside of your control, but will affect the outcome, and you have to be OK with that.

McCain I'd vote against under any circumstance.

Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.

More is happening out there than we are aware of. It is possibly due to some unknown direful circumstance.

... men of power are seldom protected from their own infirmities by the men subordinate to them -- not even in the sad circumstances of mental exhaustion.

Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.

Much can be learned in play that will afterwards be of use when the circumstances demand it.

Most of the humor comes from how outrageous the situations and circumstances are.

Most people die in improvised circumstances of harassment and confusion, whether in hospital or out of it.

My life has been so fortunate. I have had most extraordinary good fortune in my life. I sort of put it into three categories, the three major stepping stones. One being London Hippodrome theater stage debut when I was 12, when it started my career. The second being going to Broadway. And the third going to Hollywood. Each one of those happened under the most extraordinary circumstances.

Never forget that the circumstances of your life for tomorrow are molded by your mental conduct today.

My work is mostly influenced by the concrete circumstances of our daily lives.

No fate could rob us of our own-- No circumstance can make it less; What time removes was but a loan, For what was ours we still possess.

Never, under any circumstances, let the Virginian wolfsnake near a typewriter.

Let us consider the polarity of love and hate.... Now, clinical observation shows not only that love is with unexpected regularityaccompanied by hate (ambivalence), and not only that in human relationships hate is frequently a forerunner of love, but also that in many circumstances hate changes into love and love into hate.

None of us truly knows what we'll do when the circumstances become so overwhelming and complex that we can't even tell right from wrong.

No man can be satisfied with his attainment, although he may be satisfied with his circumstances.

Nonviolence is a universal law acting under all circumstances.

Not a sentence or a word is independent of the circumstances under which it is uttered.

Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.

Once it's in you to being a starter, you always want to be that. But you understand the circumstances and you understand what you can and can't do. And that's the reality of it.

One be covetous when he has little, much or anything between, for covetousness comes from the heart, not from the circumstances of life.

One circumstance tormented me then: Namely, that no one else was like me, and I was like no one else. I am only one, and they are all.

One must not count in thousands, like the propagandist belonging to a small group that has not yet given leadership to the masses; in these circumstances one must count in millions and tens of millions.

One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them.

One of the most painful circumstances of recent advances in science is that each one makes us know less than we thought we did

Order cannot possibly be brought about through conformity to a pattern, under any circumstances.

Our circumstances answer to our expectations and the demand of our natures.

Our idea for Hannibal Lecter is that he's very reactionary - he's somebody who can adapt really well to circumstances.

Paranoia can be a sign of a sanity in some circumstances, in some places and times.

Part of being a good chef is being able to work well with others and make things work under different circumstances.

People around us change and circumstances change. We can often find ourselves struggling against those things.

People who are isolated interest me, whether they isolate themselves or have been isolated by circumstances.

Perhaps loneliness had nothing to do with place or circumstance; perhaps it was in you; yourself. Perhaps, wherever you were, you took your little circle of loneliness with you.

Perhaps I can say that I am a bit astute, that I can adapt to circumstances, but it is also true that I am a bit naive. Yes, but the best summary, the one that comes more from the inside and I feel most true is this: I am a sinner whom the Lord has looked upon.

Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances.