Lycurgus

"It is better to die once than to live in fear always."

"The foundation of justice is good faith."

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

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"A true friend is one soul in two bodies."

"The measure of a person is what they do with power."

"Freedom is not given, it is taken."

"In the arena of human life, the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action."

"The greatest wealth is wisdom."

"Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the machine."

"Know thyself."

"An unexamined life is not worth living."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"To find yourself, think for yourself."

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new."

"No one is free when others are oppressed."

"Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend."

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."

"Happiness is not by chance, but by choice."

"The greatest victory is that which requires no battle."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."