How long are you going to wait before you demand the best of yourself? - Epictetus

Progress is not achieved by luck or by accident, but by working on yourself daily. - Epictetus

Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror—but it is not accomplished without sweat. - Epictetus

Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. Stop the excuses and procrastination. This is your life! Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do now. - Epictetus

I laugh at those that think they can hurt me.

They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are truly mine and with which I live. - Epictetus

Give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal. - Epictetus

Don’t explain your philosophy, embody it. - Epictetus

Take a moment before reacting, and you will find it easier to maintain control. - Epictetus

Don’t ask for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will—then your life will flow well. - Epictetus

The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths. - Epictetus

First say to yourself what you would be—and then do what you have to do. - Epictetus

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. - Epictetus

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. - Epictetus

Never depend on the admiration of others. There is no strength in it.

Personal merit cannot be derived from an external source. Grow up. Who cares about what other people think of you. - Epictetus

Do not afflict others with anything that you yourself would not wish to suffer. … Goodness is incompatible with hypocrisy. - Epictetus

Concentrate every minute like a Roman, like a man, on doing what’s in front of you with precise and genuine seriousness, tenderly, willingly, with justice. And on freeing yourself from all other distractions. - Marcus Aurelius

Perform each action as if it is your last. - Marcus Aurelius

No more round about discussion of what makes a good man. Be one. - Marcus Aurelius

If it is not right, do not do it. If it is not true, do not say it. - Marcus Aurelius

Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself. - Marcus Aurelius

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love. - Marcus Aurelius

How trivial the things we want so passionately are. - Marcus Aurelius

Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been. - Marcus Aurelius

In your actions, don’t procrastinate. In your conversations, don’t confuse. In your thoughts, don’t wander. In your soul, don’t be passive or aggressive. In life, don’t be all about business. - Marcus Aurelius

You have the power to remove your attention from external pain at any time, and therefore have the power to revoke distress at any moment. - Marcus Aurelius

Everything that happens is either endurable or not. If it’s endurable then endure it. Stop complaining. You can endure anything your mind can make endurable, by treating it as in your interest to do so. - Marcus Aurelius

If it is within the power and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also. - Marcus Aurelius

The passing moment is every man’s equal possession, but what has once gone by is not ours. - Marcus Aurelius

Soon you will have forgotten all things—soon all things will have forgotten you. - Marcus Aurelius

In all things we should try to make ourselves be as grateful as possible. - Seneca

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. - Seneca

Let us meet with bravery whatever may befall us. - Seneca

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage. - Seneca

[We should] adopt a noble spirit, such a spirit as befits a good person, so that we may bear up bravely under all that fortune sends us and bring our wills into tune with nature’s. - Seneca

It doesn’t matter what you bear, but how you bear it. - Seneca

Find delight in your own resources, and desire no joys greater than your inner joys. - Seneca

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

If a man know not which port he sails, no wind is favorable. - Seneca

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. - Seneca

Life’s like a play, it’s not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters. - Seneca

你要等多久才能要求自己做到最好？——愛比克泰德

進步不是靠運氣或偶然實現(xiàn)的，而是通過每天努力自己取得的?！獝郾瓤颂┑?

困難表明了人的本質(zhì)。因此，當你遇到困難時，請記住，上帝就像摔跤手的教練一樣，為你匹配了一個粗魯?shù)哪贻p人。為什么？這樣你就可以成為奧運會的征服者——但不付出汗水是不可能實現(xiàn)的。- 愛比克泰德

現(xiàn)在是認真實現(xiàn)你的理想的時候了。停止借口和拖延。這是你的人生！決定變得非凡并做你現(xiàn)在需要做的事情?！獝郾瓤颂┑?

我嘲笑那些認為他們可以傷害我的人。他們不知道我是誰，他們不知道我在想什么，他們甚至無法觸及真正屬于我的、與我生活在一起的東西?！獝郾瓤颂┑?

全力以赴地努力。決定通過出色的行動來塑造你的性格，并決定為有價值的目標付出代價?！獝郾瓤颂┑?

不要解釋你的哲學，而要體現(xiàn)它?！獝郾瓤颂┑?在做出反應(yīng)之前花點時間，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)更容易保持控制?！獝郾瓤颂┑?

不要要求一切都如你所愿地發(fā)生，而是希望一切都如其實際發(fā)生那樣——那么你的生活就會順利進行?！獝郾瓤颂┑?

你所遇到的考驗會讓你認識到自己的優(yōu)勢?！獝郾瓤颂┑?首先對自己說你會成為什么樣的人，然后做你必須做的事?！獝郾瓤颂┑?

財富不在于擁有大量的財產(chǎn)，而在于擁有很少的欲望?！獝郾瓤颂┑?

他是一個聰明人，他不會為自己沒有的東西而悲傷，而是為自己擁有的東西感到高興?！獝郾瓤颂┑?永遠不要依賴別人的欽佩。里面沒有力量。個人的優(yōu)點不能從外部來源獲得。長大。誰在乎別人怎么看你。——愛比克泰德

不要用自己不希望遭受的事情來折磨別人。善良與虛偽是不相容的?！獝郾瓤颂┑?

像羅馬人一樣，像一個男人一樣，集中每一分鐘，以精確、真誠、嚴肅、溫柔、自愿、公正的態(tài)度去做你面前的事情。并將自己從所有其他干擾中解放出來?！R可·奧勒留

將每一個動作當作你的最后一個動作來執(zhí)行?！R可·奧勒留

不再圍繞什么是好人進行討論。成為一體?！R可·奧勒留

如果不對，就不要做。如果不是真的，請不要說出來。——馬可·奧勒留

寬容他人，嚴格要求自己。——馬可·奧勒留

當你早上起床時，想想活著、思考、享受、愛是多么的榮幸?！R可·奧勒留

我們?nèi)绱藷崆械叵胍臇|西是多么微不足道。- 馬可·奧勒留

選擇不受到傷害，你就不會感到受到傷害。不要感到受到傷害，你也沒有受到過傷害?！R可·奧勒留

在你的行動中，不要拖延。在你們的談話中，不要混淆。在你的思想中，不要徘徊。在你的靈魂里，不要消極或激進。生活中，不要只顧生意?！R可·奧勒留

你有能力隨時將注意力從外部痛苦上移開，因此也有能力隨時消除痛苦。——馬可·奧勒留

發(fā)生的一切要么是可以忍受的，要么是不能忍受的。既然能忍那就忍吧。停止抱怨。你可以忍受任何你的思想能夠忍受的事情，只要把它視為你的利益所在?！R可·奧勒留

如果它在人類的能力和范圍之內(nèi)，請相信它也在你自己的范圍內(nèi)。——馬可·奧勒留

逝去的時刻是每個人平等的財產(chǎn)，但曾經(jīng)逝去的卻不是我們的?！R可·奧勒留

很快你就會忘記所有的事情——很快所有的事情都會忘記你?！R可·奧勒留

在所有事情上，我們都應(yīng)該盡量讓自己心存感激?！麅?nèi)卡

一顆寶石不經(jīng)過摩擦就無法磨光，一個人不經(jīng)考驗就無法變得完美?！麅?nèi)卡

讓我們勇敢地面對可能發(fā)生的一切?！麅?nèi)卡 世界上沒有什么比一個懂得如何勇敢地忍受不幸的人更受人敬佩的了?！麅?nèi)卡

[我們應(yīng)該]采取一種崇高的精神，這種精神適合一個好人，這樣我們就可以勇敢地承受命運賜予我們的一切，并使我們的意志與自然的意志協(xié)調(diào)一致?！麅?nèi)卡

承受什么并不重要，重要的是如何承受?！麅?nèi)卡

在你自己的資源中找到快樂，并且渴望沒有比你內(nèi)心的快樂更大的快樂?！麅?nèi)卡

只要有人類的地方，就有仁慈的機會?！麅?nèi)卡

如果一個人不知道他要航行到哪個港口，那么任何風都是不利的。——塞內(nèi)卡

有時，甚至活著也是一種勇氣的行為。-《塞內(nèi)卡生活》就像一部戲劇，重要的不是長度，而是表演的出色程度。- 塞內(nèi)卡

這樣我們就可以勇敢地承受命運給我們帶來的一切，并使我們的意志與自然的意志協(xié)調(diào)一致?！麅?nèi)卡

承受什么并不重要，重要的是如何承受?！麅?nèi)卡 在你自己的資源中找到快樂，并且渴望沒有比你內(nèi)心的快樂更大的快樂。——塞內(nèi)卡

只要有人類的地方，就有仁慈的機會?！麅?nèi)卡

如果一個人不知道他要航行到哪個港口，那么任何風都是不利的?！麅?nèi)卡

有時，甚至活著也是一種勇氣的行為。-塞內(nèi)卡

生活就像一部戲劇，重要的不是長度，而是表演的出色程度。- 塞內(nèi)卡

這樣我們就可以勇敢地承受命運給我們帶來的一切，并使我們的意志與自然的意志協(xié)調(diào)一致。——塞內(nèi)卡

承受什么并不重要，重要的是如何承受。——塞內(nèi)卡

在你自己的資源中找到快樂，并且渴望沒有比你內(nèi)心的快樂更大的快樂?！麅?nèi)卡

只要有人類的地方，就有仁慈的機會。——塞內(nèi)卡

如果一個人不知道他要航行到哪個港口，那么任何風都是不利的。——塞內(nèi)卡

有時，甚至活著也是一種勇氣的行為。生活就像一部戲劇，重要的不是長度，而是表演的出色程度。- 塞內(nèi)卡