#Circumstances Quotes

“You are not your circumstances. You are your possibilities. If you know that, you can do anything.”

“The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.”

“As a rule it is circumstances that make men.”

“The criminal type is the type of the strong human being under unfavorable circumstances: a strong human being made sick.”

“Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can't let our circumstances or what others do or don't do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless.”

“Happiness is not a feeling, it is a choice. To be happy, one must choose to be happy, not respond to a circumstance that now controls your happiness.”

“Real life is the life that's in you, not your circumstances, like where you live or what job you have or who you're in relationship with.”

“A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you.”

“People of poor character tend to blame their choices on circumstances. Ethical people make good choices regardless of circumstances. If they make enough good choices, they begin to create better conditions for themselves.”

“Circumstances do not make you what you are, they reveal what you are.”

“Do not try to make circumstances fit your plans. Make plans that fit the circumstances.”

“Make your plans to fit the circumstances.”

“In the space of two days I had evolved two plans, wholly distinct, both of which were equally feasible. The point I am trying to bring out is that one does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances.”

“A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.”

“Circumstances hell! I make circumstances!”