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Circumstances Quotes - Page 2

Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it.

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1994). “Essential Turgenev”, p.163, Northwestern University Press

You may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with them.

Atul Gawande (2014). “Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End”, p.143, Profile Books

Hope gives us the courage to confront our circumstances and the capacity to surmount them.

Jerome Groopman (2003). “The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness”, p.7, Random House

When you cannot rejoice in feelings, circumstances or conditions, rejoice in the Lord.

A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers

Man is the creature of circumstances.

Robert Owen, William Legg (1839). “Report of the Discussion: Between Robert Owen, Esq., and the Rev. Wm. Legg, B.A., which Took Place in the Town Hall, Reading, March 5 & 6, 1839, on Mr. Owen's New Views of Society”, p.34

Circumstances should never alter principles!

Oscar Wilde (2015). “An Ideal Husband”, p.33, Sheba Blake Publishing

The way to feel better about your own situation is to improve someone else’s circumstances.

Ezra Taft Benson (1990). “Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice”, Shadow Mountain