People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Topics: People Quotes, Self-esteem Quotes

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

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

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an...

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an...

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

Each day provides its own gifts.

Each day provides its own gifts.

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

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

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if...

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if...

We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the...

We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the...

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant...

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant...

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

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...

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...

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...

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.

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.

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;...

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find...

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find...

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate...

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate...

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...