Quotes about Circumstances

When our faith is down for the count, we need people who will speak truth to us, friends who will remind us of God's past faithfulness. We need people who will draw our attention outside of the realm of our immediate circumstances, people to put our circumstances in their proper context.

But David felt something else as well. A tension. A hesitation. Something wasn't exactly right about all of this. But that inner hesitation made no sense in light of the circumstances in which he and his loyal men found themselves.

So you see, that's why we ask the question: In light of my past experience, in light of my current circumstances, in light of my future hopes and dreams—regardless of where that leads—if I was wise, what would I do?

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go.

We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.

God does not further our spiritual life in spite of our circumstances, but in and by our circumstances.

A man's actions are determined by necessity, external and internal.

To change a vocabulary is easy; to change external circumstances or our own ingrained habits is hard and tiresome.

Happiness is dependent on our circumstances; Joy is dependent on our relationship.

Focus on your dream and do everything in your power. You have the power to change your life circumstances.

Trust God for your current life circumstances and believe that He has called you this day to be courageous.

Charlie says that "God gives us a choice when we face difficult circumstances." We can choose misery or "we can choose to face our trials with God's help, knowing that we'll come out the other side as stronger people for the experience."