Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

Be content to seem what you really are

#Self-esteem

Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word...

#Self-esteem

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if...

#Self Knowledge, #Self-confidence

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

#Self-respect

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind;...

#Thought

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

#Vice

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

#Men And Women, #Virtue

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

#Husbands, #Love, #Wives

In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin

#Writing

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

#Reading

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to...

#Enjoy

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing...

#Stressed Out