#circumstances

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#circumstances #each #find #his #must

Scotland is a much lighter and more fun place than I thought it was. I was miserable when I was there. But it wasn't Scotland's fault. It was my circumstances. I was - I hate to say the word humbled - but that's what it felt like. I was wrong about this place. This is a great place full of very fun people. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#circumstances #fault #felt #full #fun

Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#circumstances #control #you #your

Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances. ↗

— Iris Chang

#certain #circumstances #dangerous #evil #only

Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an assault on democracy. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#circumstances #concentration #democracy #executive #executive power

A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment. ↗

— Marshall Field

#control #controlled #exercise #judgment #man

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#apt #change #circumstances #dwells #especially

It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job. ↗

— Patricia Clarkson

#circumstances #dark #easy #grave #job

Should slavery be abolished there, (and it is an event, which, from these circumstances, we may reasonably expect to be produced in time) let it be remembered, that the Quakers will have had the merit of its abolition. ↗

— Thomas Clarkson

#circumstances #event #expect #had #may

An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe amid the various and complex circumstances of our life. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

#atmosphere #been #beliefs #breathe #circumstances