A Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American - Philosopher
May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882

God doesn't always change the circumstances, but He can change us to meet the circumstances. That's what it means to live by faith.

Warren W. Wiersbe

To change your circumstances, first start thinking differently. Do not passively accept unsatisfactory circumstances, but form a picture in your mind of circumstances as they should be. Believe and succeed.

Norman Vincent Peale

Talent is often a defect in character.

Karl Kraus

Real religion is about, developing real character; character of compassion, character of humility, the character of determination to grow in all circumstances.

Radhanath Swami

I just hope that more people will ignore the fatalism of the argument that we are beyond repair. We are not beyond repair. We are never beyond repair.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

We need to work together to embrace and repair our land, repair our power systems, and repair ourselves. It's time to stop building the shopping malls, the prisons, the stadiums, and other tributes to all of our collective failures.

Majora Carter

Being positive may be a character defect of mine.

Quentin Blake

Idiocy is the female defect ... It is no worse than the male defect, which is lunacy.

Rebecca West

Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Elegance comes of no breeding, but of birth.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies.

Noam Chomsky

If a lack of empirical foundations is a defect of the theory of logical probability, it is also a defect of deductive logic.

David Stove

The circumstances we ask God to CHANGE are often the circumstances God is using to CHANGE US.

Mark Batterson

Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change - focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.

Joy Page

Circumstances change and you have to be proactive about changing with those circumstances.

Paul DePodesta

Most people would rather change their circumstances to improve their lives when instead they need to change themselves to improve their circumstances. They put in just enough effort to distance themselves from their problems without ever trying to go after the root, which can often be found in themselves. Because they don't try to change the source of their problems, their problems keep coming back at them.

John C. Maxwell

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