A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Topics: Ambition Quotes

Everyman's life lies within the present, for the past is spent and done with, and...

Everyman's life lies within the present, for the past is spent and done with, and...

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin

In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin

So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you...

So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you...

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly,...

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly,...

For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me...

For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me...

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

The flaw which is hidden is deemed greater than it is

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do...

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do...

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word...

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word...

Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.

Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.

The best answer to anger is silence.

The best answer to anger is silence.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go...

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go...

Be content to seem what you really are.

Be content to seem what you really are.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of...

The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of...

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.