Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Topics: Potential Quotes

Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in...

Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in...

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

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

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as...

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as...

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...

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind;...

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind;...

Men exist for the sake of one another.

Men exist for the sake of one another.

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the...

Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the...

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

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

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well.

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well.

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than...

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than...

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be...

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it... Be...

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing...

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing...

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...

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start...

You are pretty - we know it; and young - it's true; and rich -...

You are pretty - we know it; and young - it's true; and rich -...

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame.

Some things are better praised by silence than by remark

Some things are better praised by silence than by remark