"You must therefore love me, myself, and not my circumstances, if we are to be real friends."
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"Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances"
"Circumstances do not make the man or woman, they merely reveal them."
"Circumstances hell! I make circumstances!"
"Response-ability is the ABILITY to choose our response to any circumstance or condition."
"Poverty is not a sin; it is a condition, a circumstance that allows God's work to be displayed."
"Mental acuity was never born from comfortable circumstances."
"An angel and a devil are always beside us, and the one we listen to more will prevail. This confrontation is what makes life so magical because you are always challenged by the circumstances - we are good and evil depending on how we act"
"God will never let you sink under your circumstances. He always provides a safety net and His love always encircles."
"Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances."
"Reality and unreality have no clear distinction in our present circumstances."
"It is advisable that a person know at least three things, where they are, where they are going, and what they had best do under the circumstances."
"There are circumstances in which despair does not imply inactivity."
"No matter the circumstances that you may be going through, just push through it."
"Never, under any conditions allow circumstances to determine your reality."
"Circumstances will never determine your amount of happiness. Circumstances only highlight who you already are."
"When circumstances don't fit our ideas they become our difficulties"
"Be a creator of circumstances rather than just a creature of circumstances. Be proactive rather than reactive."
"Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances."
"As a rule it is circumstances that make men."