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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.
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.
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.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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
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.
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often read more
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment.
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.
