“Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.”

“Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.”

“Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.”

“The circumstances which a man encounters with suffering are the result of his own mental inharmony.”

“A particular train of thought persisted in, be it good or bad, cannot fail to produce its results on the character and circumstances. A man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.”

“Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him. ”

“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves.”