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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

Attitude Education People Money

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

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 Stop

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 Believe Way

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 Moving On Be Happy Happy

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

Kindness Soul Practice Perfect

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

Inspirational You Start Your Go

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 Challenges Health Truth

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

You People Ego Look

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 People Change

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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

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 Way Own

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

Life Best Man Grace

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 People

True love - that is, deep, abiding love that is impervious to emotional whims or fancy - is a choice. It's a constant commitment to a person regardless of the present circumstances.

Love True Love Deep Commitment

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 You Wind

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

You Religion Humble Great

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 You

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

Happy Suits More Temper

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.

Denzel Washington

Happiness Faith Me Peace

The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.

J. Donald Walters

Happiness Wait Be Happy Determination

A lot of people work extremely hard and through no fault of their own - bad luck, the wrong environment, unfortunate circumstances - struggle to survive.

Work People Struggle Luck

But life inevitably throws us curve balls, unexpected circumstances that remind us to expect the unexpected. I've come to understand these curve balls are the beautiful unfolding of both karma and current.

Life Beautiful Karma Unexpected

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

Ashleigh Murray

Way Always Rise Rise Above

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 Youth Justice Society

Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the compliment and be thankful that people are complimenting you, but don't let it consume you; don't let your circumstances around you and the way people view you make you act a certain way.

Love Thankful You People

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