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

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.

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

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

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,...

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;...

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...

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...

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

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

Each day provides its own gifts.

Each day provides its own gifts.

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

Each day provides its own gifts

Each day provides its own gifts

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and...

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and...

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...

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is...

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is...

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.

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...

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.

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all...

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all...

What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native...

What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native...

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

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