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"Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him."
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"Tear man out of his outward circumstances; and what he then is; that only is he."
"I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances."
"Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations."
"Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him."
"It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require; but the President assures you that this will not be the case if you make a treaty with England first."
"How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians."
"Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others."
"Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect... and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances."
"In the same circumstances, I know that I would do the same thing again."
"I am clearly vulnerable on the question of socializing under circumstances not appropriate for a married man."
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"All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts."
"A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life."
"In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result."
"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."
"The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth."
"The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny."
"A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself."
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