Marcus Aurelius

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

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

"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."

"You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think."

"Everything that happens is either endurable or not. If it is endurable, then endure it."

"Concentrate every minute like a Roman on doing what's in front of you."

"Our life is what our thoughts make it."

"The first principle is that you should not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool."

"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul."

"You have eternity in which to be yourself. Why waste any of it being someone else?"

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

"The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it."

"Confine yourself to the present moment."

"Vain is the assistance of men; rely upon God alone."

"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive."

"Time is a river of passing events."

"Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you will keep digging."

"It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character. Otherwise it cannot harm you inside or out."

"The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing."

"You have power over your mind not outside events."

"Accept the things to which fate binds you and love the people with all your heart."

"Often injustice lies in what you aren't doing, not only in what you are doing."

"Do not wish to be unassailable from attack. Wish rather that you are not inclined to attack anyone."

"Forgive them freely and openly."

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of wants."

"Everything is only for a day, both the one who remembers and the one who is remembered."

"Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought."

"Objective judgment, now, at this very moment."

"Patience is the remedy for every misfortune."

"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."