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“Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance.”

Ability Buddhism Balance Circumstances Boring Midst Chaotic Transient

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It is only hard work that brings about results, doing things for others. Forget about your problems. Take responsibility for your life and make it into something beautiful in the midst of changing circumstances.”

Hard Problem Beautiful Forget Results Responsibility Hard Work Buddhism Balance Circumstances Midst Taking Responsibility Something Beautiful Responsibility For Your Life Doing Things For Others

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where ordinary people have been caught up in political events beyond their control.”

People Men Trying Has Beens Stories Political Numbers Events Circumstances Terrible Ordinary Universal Caught Theme Midst Caught Up Ordinary People Sierra Sierra Leone

Author:Edward Zwick

“Accustomed to trace the operation of general causes, and the exemplification of general laws, in circumstances where the uninformed and unenquiring eye perceives neither novelty nor beauty, [the scientist and natural philosopher] walks in the midst of wonders.”

Thinking Eye Law Causes Natural Walks Wonder Circumstances Scientist Philosopher Perceive Operations Midst Accustomed Novelty Uninformed

Author:John Herschel

“It is therefore, the interest of all, that every one, from birth, should be well educated, physically and mentally, that society may be improved in its character, - that everyone should be beneficially employed, physically and mentally, that the greatest amount of wealth may be created, and knowledge attained, - that everyone should be placed in the midst of those external circumstances that will produce the greatest number of pleasurable sensations, through the longest life, that man may be made truly intelligent, moral and happy, and be thus prepared to enter upon the coming Millennium.”

Men Should Wells May Made Character Interest Wealth Numbers Moral Produce Amount Birth Circumstances Intelligent Prepared Educated Midst Sensations Employed Millennium Well Educated

Author:Robert Owen

“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.”

Giving Choices Individual Influence Circumstances Limits Negative Midst Employers Individual Choice

Author:Shawn Achor

“The central problem is always in the midst of the people of God, not in the circumstances surrounding them.”

People Problem Circumstances Midst

Book:The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer: A Christian view of spirituality

Source: The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer: A Christian view of spirituality

“The happiness which brings enduring worth to life is not the superficial happiness that is dependent on circumstances. It is the happiness and contentment that fills the soul even in the midst of the most distressing of circumstances and most bitter environment.”

Soul Life Is Environment Circumstances Endure Bitter Dependent Contentment Midst Superficial Distressing

Book:The Secret of Happiness

Source: The Secret of Happiness

“Simplicity is never a matter of circumstances; simplicity is a matter of focus. So in the midst of educating and parenting our children, we can't necessarily go ahead and make everything fit into neat, controllable, simple schedules. But the point is, simplicity is: how do we keep our eyes fixed and focused on Christ, no matter where we are?”

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Author:Ann Voskamp

“Going ahead in the midst of the stressful circumstances and giving thanks in that moment - you can't simultaneously feel stress and gratitude at the same time. So as a parent, to go ahead and start to give thanks to God resets the whole family.”

Giving Feels Whole Moments Parent Circumstances Gratitude Stress Thanks Midst That Moment Stressful Whole Family Reset

Author:Ann Voskamp

“The serious reader in the age of technology is a rebel by definition: a protester without a placard, a Luddite without hammer or bludgeon. She reads on planes to picket the antiseptic nature of modern travel, on commuter trains to insist on individualism in the midst of the herd, in hotel rooms to boycott the circumstances that separate her from her usual sources of comfort and stimulation, during office breaks to escape from the banal conversation of office mates, and at home to revolt against the pervasive and mind-deadening irrelevance of television.”

“The campaign was a more significant training ground than I think people give it credit for. By the time I got here, I think I had a pretty good sense of what was required. But the circumstances in which I came in were different than most executives, right? The enterprise was in the midst of a major crisis.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“But your solitude will be a support and a home for you, even in the midst of very unfamiliar circumstances, and from it you will find all your paths.”

Home Support Path Circumstances Solitude Midst Unfamiliar

Author:Rainer Maria Rilke

“I have learned that in every circumstance that comes my way, I can choose to respond in one of two ways: I can whine or I can worship! And I can't worship without giving thanks. It just isn't possible. When we choose the pathway of worship and giving thanks, especially in the midst of difficult circumstances, there is a fragrance, a radiance, that issues forth out of our lives to bless the Lord and others.”

“...sometimes God chooses to bless us and make us people of integrity in the midst of abominable circumstances, rather than change our circumstances.”

People Sometimes Circumstances Integrity Midst Bless

Author:D. A. Carson