Quotes about Circumstances

Anyway, what do happiness and unhappiness mean? They depend so little on circumstances and so much more on what goes on inside us.

Wilberforce says that when he was first taken to a play, "it was almost by force." It seems severe and ridiculous to us that what he had imbibed of religion would make him think the theater sinful, but we have to appreciate the circumstances and shibboleths of that era.

One cannot demand "the truth" at any cost, and for this girl to admit in front of the class that her father is a drunkard is to dishonor him. How one tells the truth depends on circumstances.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men.

The dependability of the world which makes it possible for rational, morally responsible creatures to live works against us in certain circumstances.

True peace is the condition of the heart that trusts God regardless of the circumstances.

Choice, not circumstances, determines your success.

She was an expert in dealing with situations without precedent.

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

It is our decisions not our conditions that determine our quality of life.

Don't let circumstances distress you. Rather, look for the will of God for your life to be revealed in and through those circumstances.