Quotes with circumstances

Quotes 101 till 120 of 133.

  • I Ching The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. The weak man grows agitated. But the superior man stands up to fate, endures resolutely in his inner certainty If ignorant both
    I Ching
    Chinese classical text (Book of Changes)
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  • Billy Graham The thing that alarms me is that there are so many clergymen who say that the so-called 'new morality' is all right. They say we're living in a new generation; let's be relevant, let's change God's law. Let's say that adultery is all right under certain circumstances; fornication's all right under certain circumstances. If it's 'meaningful.'
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Anita Brookner There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on any of these things to see you through. Circumstances do that.
    Anita Brookner
    British Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • John Stuart Mill There is one plain rule of life. Try thyself unweariedly till thou findest the highest thing thou art capable of doing, faculties and outward circumstances being both duly considered, and then do it.
    John Stuart Mill
    English economist (1806 - 1873)
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  • Billie Jean King They're not put on earth to be martyrs; they have to want to come out. It depends on your culture, where you work, where you live. Each person's circumstances are unique.
    Billie Jean King
    American tennis player (1943 - )
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  • Bryan Adams Thoughts are things; they have tremendous power. Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure. When you conquer negative attitudes of doubt and fear you conquer failure. Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances.
    Bryan Adams
    Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and guitarist (1959 - )
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  • Adlai Stevenson II To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Confucius To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Bruce Lee To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.
    Bruce Lee
    Chinese-American Actor, Director, Author, Martial Artist (1940 - 1973)
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  • Anson Jones Unavoidable circumstances prevent me from giving you ample written instructions. Such however as may be deemed necessary will be prepared and sent to you at the City of Washington in a very few days.
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  • Henry James Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • Mark Twain Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Aslan Maskhadov Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections and elections are not held in these circumstances anywhere in the world.
    Aslan Maskhadov
    Chechen politician (1951 - 2005)
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  • Benedict Cumberbatch We all want to escape our circumstances, don't we? Especially if you are an actor.
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    English actor (1976 - )
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  • Barbara Jordan We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.
    Speaking the truth with eloquent thunder
    Barbara Jordan
    American lawyer, educator and politician (1936 - 1996)
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  • Ann Veneman We are doing everything we can to protect the food supply. And I can tell you that we're making decisions based upon sound science and good public policy, given the circumstances that we are now in.
    Ann Veneman
    American politician (1949 - )
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  • Omar N. Bradley We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
    Omar N. Bradley
    American general (1893 - 1981)
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  • Benjamin Franklin We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Allan Massie We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.
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  • Earl Nightingale We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
    Earl Nightingale
    American radio speaker and author (1921 - 1989)
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