A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
Orison Swett Marden

A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings.
James Allen

A visit to a cinema is a little outing in itself. It breaks the monotony of an afternoon or evening; it gives a change from the surroundings of home, however pleasant.
Ivor Novello

All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.
Ed McMahon

Any setting can potentially acquire this vividness. It slowly arrives during the period of research, until it is as immediate to me as my own real surroundings.
Rose Tremain

But if each man could have his own house, a large garden to cultivate and healthy surroundings - then, I thought, there will be for them a better opportunity of a happy family life.
George Cadbury

Do not suppress it - that would hurt you inside. Do not express it - this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause ripples in your surroundings. What you do is transform it.
Peace Pilgrim

Furthermore, the study of the present surroundings is insufficient: the history of the people, the influence of the regions through which it has passed on its migrations, and the people with whom it came into contact, must be considered.
Franz Boas

I have a lot of chameleon qualities, I get very absorbed in my surroundings.
River Phoenix

I like making black and white films in natural surroundings, but I much prefer shooting a color film inside a studio where the colors are easier to control.
Claude Chabrol

I really do believe in the influence of your surroundings.
Matt Sharp

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.
Maya Lin

In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like.
Howard Hodgkin

It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments.
Sidney Altman

It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings.
Stephen Gardiner

It's important to determine which surroundings work best for you, and then build that environment to suit your needs.
Marilu Henner

Jerry reversed the usual formula of the superhero who goes to another planet. He put the superhero in ordinary, familiar surroundings, instead of the other way around, as was done in most science fiction. That was the first time I can recall that it had ever been done.
Joe Shuster

My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings.
Lucian Freud

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.
Honore de Balzac

Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.
Michael Phelps