Circumstances don't make a person; they reveal him or her.
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Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him.
Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
So I always think it's important to allow someone to reveal themself. If you notice something about someone that you like, it could really tell you something about who they are during a time of trial. The truth will come out.
One of the ways that you reveal character is by getting a character into a situation and seeing what they do.
I think a person has to just be herself.
It's a moral absolute: If you are going to make a human being, you have a fundamental responsibility to that person - to honestly disclose exactly who they are and where they come from.
It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.
Adversity has a way of introducing a man to himself.
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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