Konstantinos Karamanlis Quotes

What one decides to do in crisis depends on one's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision.

I don't think circumstances change who you are as a person. I don't believe they change your values - unless you willingly would like them to.

Dad lived his life in a way that it was his character, not his circumstances, that dictated what his life looked like.

Ultimately, I am responsible for how I live my life now, and what I make out of it. In fact, I am actually grateful for what I've gone through and wouldn't change a thing-although I admit I wouldn't want to live it over again either. Once was enough.

In a funny way, when things went wrong in my life - and it is my fault that they went wrong, it is not anyone else's fault - and all the glittering outside things were taken away, I was left with the things of most value.

The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

No one can occupy your generosity except you. Who can occupy your patience when impatience roars through you? Who except you can choose not to act with judgment when all of your thoughts are judgmental? Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you.

The knowledge that we are responsible for living the life we have is our most powerful tool.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going.

It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.

People will always have an opinion, but you have to live life the way you want to. It's very easy to tell others what to do, but difficult to implement it on yourself.

Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Everything I did and continue to do happens for a reason, and honestly, I don't regret much in my life.

Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

I'm my own harshest critic but I'm also master of my own destiny.

That is life: you have to deal with things, and it's up to you how you deal with things. That's what makes you mature or not. If you can get the best out of yourself, that's all that matters. If you do that, nobody is arguing.

I think I just have to control what I can control. I can control myself. I can't control anything else but what I do. I definitely know I can do a better job at that.

You only get one life. You have to do what you feel is right with it.

Have a spiritual basis which guides you in life. Have a philosophy of life to live by.

Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.

Indeed, this life is a test. It is a test of many things - of our convictions and priorities, our faith and our faithfulness, our patience and our resilience, and in the end, our ultimate desires.