When you know what God says, what He means, and how to put His truths into practice, you will be equipped for every circumstance of life.
Greatness is a quality of character and is not the result of circumstances.
Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him.
You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.
Throughout history, works of art have been stolen under mysterious circumstances. . . Said by some to be the work of "Phantom" thieves. . . . . . Others dismiss it as mere myth. But in this country, the stories are all too true. The name of this mysterious thief? "Dark. " And his true identity? No one knows.
You will ultimately be defined by the sum total of your responses to circumstances, situations and events that you probably couldn't anticipate and indeed probably couldn't even imagine. So just keep your eyes on the course and be ready to move in different directions depending upon the crises and opportunities with which you are faced.
In failing circumstances no one can be relied on to keep their integrity.
The great advantage of being human is that we can employ rational thought and resolve to change our circumstances.
We accept that sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen.
God's plans for your life far exceed the circumstances of your day.
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself.
There are perfectly appropriate circumstances to unmask the names of people. In fact, that is done quite often. And the standard is whether the unmasking of those names is necessary to determine the significance of the intelligence.
Circumstances alter faces.
Circumstances do not make the man or woman, they merely reveal them.
To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave.
In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions.
Civilization is in a race between education and catastrophe. Let us learn the truth and spread it as far and wide as our circumstances allow. For the truth is the greatest weapon we have.
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.
How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians.
In the event of a victory over Germany by Soviet Russia and England, Bolshevism in Europe would inevitably follow. Under these circumstances I would prefer to see Germany win the war.