Quotes

Quote 1

You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this and you will find strength.

-Marcus Aurelius
Quote 2

Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.

-Zeno of Citium
Quote 3

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

-Marcus Aurelius
Quote 4

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

-Seneca the Younger
Quote 5

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

-Zeno of Citium
Quote 6

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

-Seneca the Younger
Quote 7

No man is free who is not a master of himself.

-Epictetus
Quote 8

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

-Zeno of Citium
Quote 9

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

-Zeno of Citium
Quote 10

You become what you give your attention to.

-Seneca the Younger
Quote 11

First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.

-Epictetus
Quote 12

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

-Marcus Aurelius
Quote 13

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

-Marcus Aurelius
Quote 14

The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today.

-Seneca the Younger
Quote 15

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

-Epictetus