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Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

Charles R. Swindoll

Education, Attitude, Money, People, Past

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality, nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit.

Christopher McCandless

Life, Change, Peace, Live, Mind, People

The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.

Fabrizio Moreira

Work, Change, Woman, Man, American Dream

The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about these circumstances.

Andrew J. Bernstein

Thoughts, Health, Stress, Truth, Boss

The most important thing is to never give up, never give in to circumstances, believe yourself, and to soldier on, no matter what's in your way.

Never Give Up, Yourself, Soldier, Way

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.

Failure, Best, Mistake, Trying, Stop

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. - Nido Qubein

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.

Inspirational, You, Start, Present, Go

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

Kindness, Soul, Practice, Generosity

Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.

J. Donald Walters

Attitude, Happiness, Simple, Be Happy

Although circumstances may change in the blink of an eye, people change at a slower pace. Even motivated people who welcome change often encounter stumbling blocks that make transformation more complicated than they'd originally anticipated.

Change, Welcome, People, Eye, More, Than

I think it's important for us as a society to remember that the youth within juvenile justice systems are, most of the time, youths who simply haven't had the right mentors and supporters around them - because of circumstances beyond their control.

Q'orianka Kilcher

Time, Justice, Youth, Think, Society

I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change. - Nicholas Sparks

I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.

Nicholas Sparks

Love, Change, People, People Change

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

Viktor E. Frankl

Attitude, Man, Choose, Way, Human, Own

Character, not circumstances, makes the man. - Booker T. Washington

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Booker T. Washington

Man, Character, Makes

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

Change, Yourself, Responsibility, Wind

Feeling sorry for ourselves is the most useless waste of energy on the planet. It does absolutely no good. We can't let our circumstances or what others do or don't do control us. We can decide to be happy regardless.

Good, Be Happy, Moving On, Happy, Sorry

If you get your ego in your way, you will only look to other people and circumstances to blame.

People, Look, You, Ego, Blame, Way

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

Life, Best, Man, Grace, Dignity, Ideal

With just one polka dot, nothing can be achieved. In the universe, there is the sun, the moon, the earth, and hundreds of millions of stars. All of us live in the unfathomable mystery and infinitude of the universe. Pursuing 'philosophy of the universe' through art under such circumstances has led me to what I call 'stereotypical repetition.'

Stars, Art, Live, Me, Sun, Moon

Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.

Saint Augustine

Good, Time, You, Place, Special, Pay

We're not defined by our circumstances, and we can always find a way to rise above it.

Ashleigh Murray

Rise Above, Way, Always, Find, Rise, Our

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible.

Milton Friedman

I Am, Finance, Reason, Possible, Taxes

The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

Condoleezza Rice

Religion, Humble, Great, You, America

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.

Man, Mind, Justice, Him, He, Does

Stop allowing yourself to focus on depressing life circumstances - including focusing on being depressed about your weight. All this negative focus will only lead you to feeling bummed and wanting to pig out. Instead, consciously focus on happy life circumstances you enjoy doing, and create more of them!

Karen Salmansohn

Life, Yourself, Happy Life, Happy, Focus

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Adversity, Talents, Which, Effect, Would

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