Quotes about Circumstances

27 quotes about Circumstances

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on...

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances

Quote by Martha Washington about circumstances

Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.

Quote by Maya Angelou about circumstances

There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.

Quote by Charles Babbage about circumstances

When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of...

When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about circumstances

There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest that is really important and in which we have to make a decision in a particular case as to which is more important.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about circumstances

The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active voluntary part of a man is very small, and if it were not economized by a sleepy kind of habit, its results would be...

Quote by Walter Bagehot about circumstances

Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much....

Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much.

Quote by Derek Bailey about circumstances

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are...

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

Quote by Joseph Addison about circumstances

Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him.

Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him.

Quote by James Lane Allen about circumstances

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely...

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about circumstances

If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius where reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others;...

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about circumstances

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity...

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

Quote by Aristotel about circumstances

Men are the sport of circumstances when it seems...

Men are the sport of circumstances when it seems circumstances are the sport of men.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about circumstances

The disposition of a fleet, while proceeding on a voyage, will in some measure depend on particular circumstances; as the difficulty of the navigation; the necessity of dispatch, according to the urgency or importance of the expedition: or the...

Quote by William Falconer about circumstances

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Quote by Herodotus about circumstances

Man is the creature of circumstances.

Man is the creature of circumstances.

Quote by Robert Owen about circumstances

Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot...

Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.

Quote by Joy Page about circumstances

You may not seem able to change some outer circumstances...

You may not seem able to change some outer circumstances but you can start by changing your inner experience of life and yourself.

Quote by Joy Page about circumstances

War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end, it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes.

Quote by Thomas Paine about circumstances

Libertarians argue that no normal adult has the right to impose choices on other normal adults, except in abnormal circumstances, such as when one person finds another unconscious and administers medical assistance or calls an ambulance.

Quote by Tom G. Palmer about circumstances

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