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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
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.
Whether you're winning or losing, it is important to always be yourself. You can't change because of the circumstances around read more
Whether you're winning or losing, it is important to always be yourself. You can't change because of the circumstances around you.
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
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.
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.
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
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.
