#circumstances

Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

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I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

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Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

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Our Lord did not try to alter circumstances. He submitted to them. They shaped his life and eventually brought him to Calvary. I believe we miss opportunities and lovely secrets our Lord is waiting to teach us by not taking what comes. ↗

— Mother Maribel

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Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed. ↗

— Charles de Montesquieu

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The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

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Despite Japan's desires and efforts, unfortunate differences in the ways that Japan, England, the United States, and China understood circumstances, together with misunderstandings of attitudes, made it impossible for the parties to agree. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

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In dealing with the China problem, the British and American side, which had particularly strong interests in China, should have based its judgments about the origins of the problem on direct observation of the actual circumstances at the time. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

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Even under the best of circumstances, the road back from war is difficult. ↗

— Ron Wyden

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I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people, given the circumstances in which I was working in Bangladesh. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

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