Titus

Emperor Ancient Rome 39 – 81

Roman emperor who completed the Colosseum and is remembered as a good ruler.

386 quotes

"Death smiles at us all, but all a man can do is smile back."
Courage
"The greatest happiness derives from contempt of the world."
Happiness
"No one is free when under the power of passion."
Freedom
"Remember, even if you have nothing else, you have time."
Time
"The body demands to be cared for, but not excessively."
Health
"You have control over three things and three things only: your thoughts, your actions, and your words."
Power
"How much our reputation has suffered by the malicious lies of those who have no knowledge of us."
Truth
"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perseverance."
Creativity
"Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them."
Friendship
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."
Courage
"He who is to become a sound leader must have friends, but he must not be swayed by them."
Leadership
"The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues."
Philosophy
"If a man know not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable."
Success
"Love of bustle is not industry."
Work
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."
Truth
"The secret to getting ahead is getting started."
Motivation
"It is not sufficient to understand what one ought to say, one must also know how to say it."
"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything."
Creativity
"We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them."
Life
"Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it."
Patience
"Better to do something imperfectly than do nothing flawlessly."
"The happy and powerful man is awake; the sad, and weak, is asleep."
Success
"Let us look at what we have lost and what we have gained."
Gratitude
"True communication is not about speaking, but about being heard."
Relationships
"Nature has given us two ears, one mouth, and two eyes. All that to the end only that we should hear much, see much, and say little."
Wisdom
"It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the nature of the foolish to be enslaved by them."
Wisdom
"You are what your deep driving desire is. As your desire, so is your will. As your will, so is your deed. As your deed, so is your destiny."
Dreams
"Everywhere is possible and within reach; everywhere is close, if our zeal is keen."
Adventure
"All want to live long, but no one wants to be called old."
Life
"The immortal Gods are not angered by a man who is virtuous and wise, but they hate the opposite."
Faith