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

Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make...

Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make...

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...

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 -...

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less...

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less...

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.

The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.

Who persuaded you to cut off the nose of your wife's lover? Wretched husband, that...

Who persuaded you to cut off the nose of your wife's lover? Wretched husband, that...

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew...

There are three classes into which all the women past seventy that ever I knew...

No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms

No form of Nature is inferior to Art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

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...

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools...

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools...

Each day provides its own gifts.

Each day provides its own gifts.

The best answer to anger is silence.

The best answer to anger is silence.

When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly

When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly

Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet...

Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet...

That awkward silence after a teacher yells at a student.

That awkward silence after a teacher yells at a student.