Quotes on Circumstance

cir·cum·stance n.
1 a : a condition, fact, or event accompanying, conditioning, or determining another : an essential or inevitable concomitant (the weather is a circumstance to be taken into consideration)
b : a subordinate or accessory fact or detail (cost is a minor circumstance in this case)
c : a piece of evidence that indicates the probability or improbability of an event (as a crime) (the circumstance of the missing weapon told against him) (the circumstances suggest murder)
2 the sum of essential and environmental factors (as of an event or situation) (constant and rapid change in economic circumstance -- G. M. Trevelyan)
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"Man is not the creature of circumstances; circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter." -Benjamin Disraeli

"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." -George Bernard Shaw

"Make a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times, in all circumstances." St-Vincent de Paul

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." -George Bernard Shaw

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