Circumstances Quotes

“To want to run away is an essence of being human, it transforms any staying through the transfigurations of choice. To think about fleeing from circumstances, from a marriage, a relationship or from a work is part of the conversation itself and helps us understand the true distilled nature of our own reluctance. Strangely, we are perhaps most fully incarnated as humans, when part of us does not want to be here, or doesn’t know how to be here. Presence is only fully understood and realized through fully understanding our reluctance to show up. To understand the part of us that wants nothing to do with the full necessities of work, of relationship, of loss, of doing what is necessary, is to learn humility, to cultivate self-compassion and to sharpen that sense of humor essential to a merciful perspective of both a self and another.”
― David Whyte, Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words

“...the Count had restricted himself to two succinct pieces of parental advice. The first was that if one did not master one's circumstances, one was bound to be mastered by them; the second was Montaigne's maxim that the surest sign of wisdom is constant cheerfulness.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“But worry for a friend can make ordinary circumstances extraordinary.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

“When negative thoughts about anything – be it a person, an unhealthy habit, a circumstance or a work deadline – surround our existence, we tend to feel helpless, for our energies are draining faster than we had anticipated.”
― Dr Prem Jagyasi

“Do not oppress epoch because it will be too unjust.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“Instead of waiting for people, circumstances, and life to entertain you. Entertain life yourself, wherever you are, in whatever you are doing.”
― Akiroq Brost

“We make our own lives wherever we are, after all[...]They are broad or narrow according to what we put into them, not what we get out. Life is rich and full here...everywhere...if we can only learn how to open our whole hearts to its richness and fullness.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea

“Remember, your behavior is not based on your circumstances. It is based on your decisions.”
― Akiroq Brost

“Circumstance does not make the man; it reveal him to himself”
― James Allen, As A Man Thinketh

“And because circumstances rarely match, and one afternoon can be a patchwork of both joy and horror, the taste of the soup washed through me”
― Aimee Bender

“No thing, should make you feel like a nothing.”
― Anthony Liccione

“May you find the courage to face whatever comes your way.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“We are all the product of our thoughts and our feelings, and the circumstances in which destiny unfolds arise because we have called them forth according to our view of the world.”
― Théun Mares, Cry of the Eagle: The Toltec Teachings Volume 2

“Today's enemies can be your friends tomorrow.
And today's friends can be tomorrow's enemies.
What you reject today, you could accept tomorrow.
And what you accept today, you could reject tomorrow.
Never say never unless you can predict the future.
Unforeseeable circumstances can make a rich man,
poor -
And a poor man, rich.
And unpredictable experiences can also make
a good man, bad -
And a bad man, good.
Like the weather or bonds between lovers,
Transformations cannot always be predicted.
All energy transmutes one day or another,
In one way or another,
Either in its form or composition,
Or in its position or disposition.
Today will always offer new experiences,
And tomorrow will always offer new opportunities.
But if you heed to yesterday's lessons,
You can shape your present and future
To be filled with positive relationships
And beautiful blessings.


TODAY AND TOMORROW by Suzy Kassem”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“The doctrine of providence, rightly understood, excludes, in all cases, the notion of chance. It tells us to recognize the hand of God, not only in important events, but in all their attendant circumstances; and what a comfort is it to mourners, what refuge from painful reflections, to know that the means are determined as well as the end -- the day and hour as well as the consummation-- and that all things are of God who hath reconciled us unto himself by Jesus Christ!
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If then, God order for the minutest occurrence the moment of its advent -- if He determine when, as well as how the sparrow shall fall to the ground -- we may feel very specially assured that his perfections were engaged in timing the introduction of this seal of the covenant. -- David King, The Lords Supper. p. 61. (concerning the signs of the elements of the Lords Supper)”
― David King

“The Mysterie and chief Matter of all the Covenants of Faith, whether Covenants of Promise or New Covenant, though for Accidents and Circumstances it be very variously represented, yet for essence and Substance it is only one and the same, viz. The Recovery of lapsed Sinners from Sin and Death, to Righteousness and life by JESUS CHRIST alone through Faith. The same CHRIST, the same Faith, The same Recovery of lapsed sinners by Christ through Faith is Revealed in all the Covenants of Faith, but in every of them diversly.”
― Francis Roberts, Mysterium & medulla Bibliorum the mysterie and marrow of the Bible

“Stop resisting the circumstances which you have no control over. Focus on whatever you can do and do have control over instead. Learn to work with the flow of life.”
― Akiroq Brost

“Stop focusing on what you can’t change. Instead, focus on what you can change. Start with you, and your own life. Empower yourself by making empowered choices. The more empowered you feel the less you will have the need to try to control other people or circumstances.”
― Akiroq Brost

“YOU KNOW, IN ANOTHER LIFE I WOULD HAVE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU. I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TURNED AWAY FROM YOU, OR CROSSED THE STREET IF I SAW YOU WALKING TOWARD ME.”
― Morris, Heather

“HEY, TATOWIERER, IN ANOTHER LIFE WE WOULD HAVE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU, EITHER. WE WOULD HAVE CROSSED THE STREET FIRST.”
― Morris, Heather

“Love is not just a remedy for the sex frustration; it is solemn of life pledge to be together for all seasons and circumstances.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“Peace is not the circumstances that surround, but rather the Person within me who I have submitted my whole life to.”
― Andrey Shapoval, Predestined: Born for Greatness

“Seeing life as a gift is less the circumstances and more our attitude.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“In many circumstances, if anyone is under the pressure and the force to lie for any purpose, good or bad, it does not mean, nor can be that person described as a liar.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“I suddenly realized that if we are sitting around waiting—maybe even begging and pleading—for our circumstances to change so that we can finally live life the way we really want to live, chances are very good that we will stay stuck waiting forever.”
― Richie Norton, The Power of Starting Something Stupid: How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live without Regret

“At times, circumstances conspire to make us believe the lies we tell ourselves. Everything- the weather, the season, the fall of light- sets the stage for our play; we find ourselves, instead of acting, becoming the characters, moving into a reality in which we're inseparable from our roles.”
― Julie Orringer, The Flight Portfolio

“Due to circumstances beyond my control, I will no longer be controlling any circumstances.”
― Allen Kloch

“Bad things happen to our life so as to favor the good things that will happen next.”
― Maria Karvouni

“Having researched the biological toxicity of high altitudes, I would not take any sea level adapted human above 10,000 feet under any circumstances.”
― Steven Magee

“Spiritual progress is inevitably accompanied by better human circumstances, in one way or another.”
― Donna Goddard, Love, Devotion, and Longing