If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
Marcus Aurelius
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Tag Archives: Circumstances
Rising above circumstances
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Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.
Washington Irving
It’s up to you
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
Stephen Covey
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A product of decisions
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
Stephen Covey
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Make the best out of it
Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.
John Wooden
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Happiness
Happiness is inward and not outward; and so it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.
Henry Van Dyke
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Adjustment
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
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