Sayings about Circumstances
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it. ~ Chinese Proverb
A brave man will face a situation no matter how dreadful. ~ Filipino Proverb
When you begin to understand the situation, you know you must have been ill-informed. ~ Indonesian Proverb
It is a sad situation for a son-in-law when his mother-in-law praises him. ~ Chinese Proverb
The situation is hopeless, but not serious. ~ Austrian Proverb
Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation. ~ Sayings
Quotations about Circumstances & Situations
Strange is our situation here on earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. ~ Albert Einstein
The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better. ~ Barbara Pletcher
The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances. ~ Martha Washington
Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities. ~ Bruce Lee
It’s not the situation. It’s your reaction to the situation. ~ Robert Conklin
I’ve never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation. ~ Mike Todd
If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for. ~ Florence Scovel Shinn
There is a good side to every situation. ~ David J. Schwartz
Being broke is a temporary situation. Being poor is a state of mind. ~ Mike Todd
I don’t know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change. ~ Nicholas Sparks
We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation. ~ Florence Scovel Shinn
Luck can often mean simple taking advantage of a situation at the right moment; it is possible to “make” your luck by being always prepared. ~ Michael Korda
There is nothing to be gained by waiting for a better situation. You see where you are and you do what you can with that. ~ Jacob K. Javits
A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances. ~ Robert Baden-Powell
No matter the circumstances that you may be going through, just push through it. ~ Ray Lewis
If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul. ~ Rabbi Harold S. Kushner
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. ~ Aristotle
A failure is not always a mistake; it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. ~ B. F. Skinner
When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate. ~ Carl Jung
That is always our problem, not how to get control of people, but how all together we can get control of a situation. ~ Mary Parker Follett
Don’t pray to escape trouble. Don’t pray to be comfortable in your emotions. Pray to do the will of God in every situation. Nothing else is worth praying for. ~ Samuel M. Shoemaker
True contentment is the power of getting of any situation all that there is in it. ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
There’s always going to be the circumstances you can’t plan for. There’s always the unexpected relevance and the serendipity. ~ Jason Silva
Your current situation is no indication of your ultimate potential! ~ Anthony Robbins
Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn’t take any brains to complain. ~ Robert A. Cook
Genius is independent of situation. ~ Charles Churchill
It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation. ~ Frederick W. Robertson
Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands. ~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering. ~ Ram Dass
Every situation, every moment — is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity. ~ Goethe
My faith helps me understand that circumstances don’t dictate my happiness, my inner peace. ~ Denzel Washington
The last of human freedoms – the ability to chose one’s attitude in a given set of circumstances. ~ Viktor E. Frankl
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you’ll die a lot of times. ~ Dean Smith
The key to abundance is meeting limited circumstances with unlimited thoughts. ~ Marianne Williamson
Remember, your attitude toward a situation can help you to change it — you create the very atmosphere for defeat or victory. ~ Franco Harris
I try to extract something positive from every situation, even if it’s just learning not to make the same mistake twice. ~ Claudia Schiffer
If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to … face a situation fearlessly, and if there is no situation to face; it falls away of its own weight. ~ Florence Scovel Shinn
Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. ~ Nido Qubein
Resolve never to quit, never to give up, no matter what the situation. ~ Jack Nicklaus
