There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Topics: Glory Quotes

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...

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things...

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things...

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...

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you...

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you...

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.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word...

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word...

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...

As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So...

As the same fire assumes different shapes When it consumes objects differing in shape, So...

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.

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.

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...

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...

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says...

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says...

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day,...

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day,...

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...

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor

True poverty does not come from God.

True poverty does not come from God.

I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.

I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.