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

Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Topics: Men And Women Quotes, Virtue Quotes

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright.

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;...

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,...

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

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

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

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...

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...

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that...

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that...

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but...

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

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...

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the...

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the...

Perhaps not willingly, but pain can make a man do things he wouldn't willingly do.

Perhaps not willingly, but pain can make a man do things he wouldn't willingly do.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...