“My key to living an inspired life involves Embracing my history, Understanding the function of expectations and gently learning to have none; Recognizing the power of attentive and conscious choices. In all circumstances I acknowledge this, IN ALL THINGS AND ALL WAYS, I HAVE CHOICE. My choice resides in my perspective. While I certainly do not control climate and markets and roadways and others, I do control myself and my response to all those circumstances. I do indeed.” WayChoicesUnderstandingLearningPerspectiveKeysCircumstancesExpectationsConsciousAll ThingsFunctionClimateResponseInspiredAcknowledgeRecognizingControl Myself Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“What are the proper grounds for joy? Is it circumstance which will determine the stature of my spirit? Ah, no. It is choice. It is always a choice - in the face of any event - for joy.” FacesJoySpiritChoicesEventsCircumstancesDetermineHappyStatureHappy Girl Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“Life is about luck and it's about circumstances and socioeconomic conditions and all the rest of it, but you know, you can also make choices. It's about spirit and generosity and all the other things, too.” KnowsLife IsSpiritChoicesConditionsCircumstancesLuckGenerosity Author:Mike Leigh
“I believe marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they were all made by the lord chancellor, upon a due consideration of the characters and circumstances, without the parties having any choice in the matter.” IfsBelieveMadeMatterCharacterChoicesI BelievePartyLordCircumstancesDuesConsiderationMatrimony Author:Samuel Johnson
“We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices.” ChoicesMistakeCircumstancesDefeatSetbackOur ChoicesStaggering Author:James C. Collins
“It seems idle to rail at ambition merely because it is a boundless passion; or rather is not this circumstance an argument in its favor? If one would be employed or amused through life, should we not make choice of a passion that will keep one long in play?” IfsShouldLongPlaySeemsWould BeChoicesPassionCircumstancesAmbitionArgumentFavorsIdleEmployedBoundlessRailAmused Book:Essays on Men and Manners Source: Essays on Men and Manners
“We can learn from history how past generations thought and acted, how they responded to the demands of their time and how they solved their problems. We can learn by analogy, not by example, for our circumstances will always be different than theirs were. The main thing history can teach us is that human actions have consequences and that certain choices, once made, cannot be undone. They foreclose the possibility of making other choices and thus they determine future events.” HumansMadeDifferentProblemActionPastCertainChoicesKnowledgeTeachGenerationsEventsExamplePossibilityCircumstancesDemandConsequenceClimate ChangeDetermineUndoneAnalogiesHuman ActionsFuture EventsPast GenerationsActions Have Consequences Book:Why History Matters: Life and Thought Source: Why History Matters: Life and Thought
“On the ground of our own goodness we cannot expect to have our prayers answered. But Jesus is worthy, and for His sake we may have our prayers answered. There is nothing too choice, too costly, or too great for God to give Him. He is worthy. He is the spotless, holy Child, who under all circumstances acted according to the mind of God. And if we trust in Him, if we hide in Him, if we put Him forward and ourselves in the background, depend on Him and plead His name, we may expect to have our prayers answered.” IfsGivingMindMayChildrenChoicesJesusNamesPrayerDependsCircumstancesHolyGoodnessSakeWorthyBackgroundsOur PrayersAnswered Prayers Author:George Muller
“I don't believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.” WayBelieveStillsCertainChoicesIndividualTakenInfluenceHeroCircumstancesDon't BelieveVillainWrong Way Book:New Selected Essays: Where I Live Source: New Selected Essays: Where I Live
“Happiness is actually an individual choice, even in the midst of negative circumstances. It's not something our employers can give to us, though they can limit and influence that choice.” GivingChoicesIndividualInfluenceCircumstancesLimitsNegativeMidstEmployersIndividual Choice Author:Shawn Achor
“It is in many circumstances a troubling thing to belong to the advanced class of a backward nation. One surrenders coherence and begins a difficult process of choice which ends, often, in an eclectic idiosyncrasy.” EndsChoicesNationsProcessDifficultClassCircumstancesSurrenderEclecticCoherenceIdiosyncrasies Author:George W. S. Trow
“At times, our circumstances call for us to make critical choices to keep our covenants or to compromise them. Covenants should never be compromised, even when at the moment some circumstances might seem to justify it.” ShouldMomentsSeemsMightChoicesCircumstancesCriticalCompromiseJustifyCovenant Author:L. Lionel Kendrick
“In every moment, we make a choice about which direction we are going to go. Once we realize that this is a self-correcting and self-organizing universe, then we don't have to look any further than our own life circumstances, the relationships and situations that we are in, to begin the transformation.” LooksSelfMomentsChoicesUniverseRealizingSituationCircumstancesTransformationCorrecting Author:Marianne Williamson
“Freedom is not simply the circumstances that allow you to do whatever you want. Freedom is not only the opportunity to choose. Freedom is the strength of character to choose and to do what is right. With that in mind, our age is not an age of freedom, but an age of slavery. It is subtle, but it is real. The foundation of freedom is not power or choice. Freedom is upheld not by men and women in government, but by people who govern themselves.” PeopleMenWantMindRealCharacterGovernmentAgeChoicesOpportunityFreedomCircumstancesMen And WomenFoundationSlaverySubtleStrength Of CharacterDo Whatever You Want Author:Matthew Kelly
“I'm afraid, as true as love is, it is tested by circumstance and sometimes you don't make the best choices. As much as the fans claim [that] all they want is just want people sitting around and having a nice time together, trust me, you would not be watching the show if there wasn't conflict, if there wasn't drama, if there wasn't jeopardy. And it's not just physical jeopardy, it's romantic jeopardy as well.” PeopleIfsWantWellsSometimesShowsTogetherChoicesLove IsNiceFansCircumstancesDramaConflictSittingClaimsTestedTrust MeSitting AroundJeopardyTime TogetherNice Time Author:Joseph Dougherty