#circumstance

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise. ↗

— Samuel Lover

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Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do. ↗

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

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People do not have the power to change situations, situations have the power to change people though. ↗

— Ram Mohan

#change #changing #changing-people #circumstances #life

You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change. ↗

— Les Brown

#beyond #cannot #change #circumstances #expect

Evidence can vary depending on the circumstances, the weather, and how long it has been hanging around. ↗

— Pat Brown

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The history of my life must begin by the earliest circumstance which my memory can evoke; it will therefore commence when I had attained the age of eight years and four months. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

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I, for one, respect those who believe with all their hearts and conscience that there are no circumstances under which any abortion should ever be available. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

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There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where ordinary people have been caught up in political events beyond their control. ↗

— Edward Zwick

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Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will-whatever we may think. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

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