Pray according to faith, not circumstances.
My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances.
We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.
Worship is God's way of giving us an opportunity to shift our focus from our own concerns, problems, and circumstances to the way things are in heaven.
In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.
Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
Every start on an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to succeed.
Instead of exposures to toxic materials and mechanical dangers, we are discovering the toxicity of social circumstances and patterns of social organization.
Temptation always starts in your mind, not in circumstances.
Prayer is often an argument of laziness: "Lord, my temper gives me a vast deal of inconvenience, and it would be a great task for me to correct it; and wilt thou be pleased to correct it for me, that I may get along easier?" If prayer was answered under such circumstances, independent of action of natural laws, it would be paying a premium on indolence.
Never let an earthly circumstance disable you spiritually.
I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances.
Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
People who consider themselves victims of their circumstances will always remain victims unless they develop a greater vision for their lives.
Bad circumstances have a way of ruining things that would otherwise be pleasant.
I felt that we could hardly improve on the conception of the university expressed by one of the founders of the modern system, Wilhelm von Humboldt, also one of the founders of classical liberalism. That seems to me true today as well, though ideals of course have to be adapted to changing circumstances.
Remember, no matter what you background is and what your current circumstances are, you have the capacity to take action. This is one of the golden threads of humanity - we all have the power to act in a way that will improve the quality of our lives.
You change as the years go by. The more knowledge you get, the more things change in your life and circumstances change.
France is deeply upset to learn of the monstrous attacks that have just struck the United States. . . . In these terrible circumstances, all French people stand by the American people. We express our friendship and solidarity in this tragedy.
There's a difference between people who do hurtful things because they're evil and people who do bad things because of their circumstances.