We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Self Reflection Quotes

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is...

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is...

Women give nothing to friendship except what they borrow from love.

Women give nothing to friendship except what they borrow from love.

The greater part of progress is the desire for progress

The greater part of progress is the desire for progress

The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut...

The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut...

Laws do not persuade because they threaten

Laws do not persuade because they threaten

We learn not in the school, but in life

We learn not in the school, but in life

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be...

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be...

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

Abstinence is easier than temperance

Abstinence is easier than temperance

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.

Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an...

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an...

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

As long as you think you're green, you'll grow. As soon as you think you're...

As long as you think you're green, you'll grow. As soon as you think you're...

Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in...

Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in...