Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there read more

Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at the time, or it was so then, and another day would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life read more

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.

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any read more

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or read more

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will-whatever we may think.

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

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

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

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

Circumstance - which moves by laws of its own, regardless of parties and policies, and whose decrees are final and read more

Circumstance - which moves by laws of its own, regardless of parties and policies, and whose decrees are final and must be obeyed by all - and will be

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

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

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.

Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.