Marcus Aurelius

"Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel thee to break thy promise."

"It is not the man who has too little who is poor, but he who hankers after more."

"Time is a river of passing events."

"Tranquility can be yours when you stop caring what others think about you."

"Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger and annoy us."

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

"Wisdom consists of three parts: love, and the practice of it; knowledge of it; and the power of it."

"The best revenge is not to be like your enemy."

"Things that are not in our control are our opinions, impulses, desires, and fears."

"Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?"

"If a man does not know what port he is steering towards, no wind is favorable to him."

"Concentrate every minute on doing what is in front of you."

"A man's worth is measured by the worth of what he pursues."

"The greatest wealth is health."

"Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn't matter."

"Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered."

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

"Perfect himself by practice in the virtues day by day."

"Loss is nothing but change, and change is Nature's delight."

"Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I will meet with meddling, presumption, arrogance, dishonesty, jealousy and crankiness."

"Death is the end of sensation and of the solicitude of the senses."

"A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it."

"How small a part of the boundless and unfathomable time is assigned to every man."

"The happiness of those who want to be popular depends on others; the happiness of those who seek pleasure fluctuates with moods outside their control."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."

"Receive without arrogance, release without struggle."

"Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets."

"Pity is not weakness, and pride is not strength."

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

"Cultivate your mind, and trust it to guide you."