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No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home. No matter how you lived read more
No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home. No matter how you lived there-well or poorly.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he.
Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he.
He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any read more
He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances
Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there read more
Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at the time, or it was so then, and another day would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal who I am
The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal who I am
It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.
It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
