Quotes on Circumstance

Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned by anyone.

Author: Neil Armstrong

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.

Author: Bruce Barton

I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me.

Author: Camille Claudel

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

Author: George Eliot

How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.

Author: Clarissa Estes

I didn't want a divorce but had to because of circumstance.

Author: Sarah Ferguson

He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.

Author: David Hume

And I am also here to say that if something were to happen, we are prepared to respond swiftly, to respond effectively, and to respond strongly. That is our tradition as a country. And that is a tradition that we will uphold, regardless of any circumstance because this nation is one that is very, very strong and, indeed, extraordinarily resilient.

Author: Janet Napolitano

Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.

Author: Charles Richter

McCain I'd vote against under any circumstance.

Author: Pat Robertson

On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit.

Author: Ayrton Senna

We were trained to live by our wits, in any circumstance.

Author: William Stephenson

The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of the flowering plants 150 million years ago.

Author: E. Wilson

Success is found in the choices you make, not the circumstances you're in.

Author: Sophia Jin

Adversity is the hammer that forges the strongest resolve.

Author: Olivia Johnson