Marcus Aurelius Quotes

I’m so excited to share the best Marcus Aurelius quotes with you today! Marcus Aurelius was an emperor of Rome and a stoic philosopher. Stoic philosophy is all about not letting external events and the opinions of others affect the quality of your thoughts. It’s being aware that you are in charge of the happiness of your life and being in the present moment.

Image shows a drawing of Marcus Aurelius with olive leaves decoration. — Here are the best quotes said by Marcus Aurelius!

“Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
“If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.”
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
“A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.”
“Receive without conceit, release without struggle.”
“That which is not good for the swarm, neither is it good for the bee.”
“Do not be ashamed of help.”
“Men exist for the sake of one another.”
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.”
“Each day provides its own gifts.”
“Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.”
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”
“It’s a disgrace in this life when the soul surrenders first while the body refuses to.”
“You shouldn’t give circumstances the power to rouse anger, for they don’t care at all.”
“Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.”
“When thou art above measure anger, bethink thee how momentary is man’s life.”
“You don’t have to turn this into something. It doesn’t have to upset you.”
“The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.”
“To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.”
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
“Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.”
“You’re better off not giving the small things more time than they deserve.”
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
“What we do now echoes in eternity.”
“Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.”
“Fame after life is no better than oblivion.”
“Our life is a warfare, and a mere pilgrimage.”
“It is not events that disturb people, it is their judgements concerning them.”
“Stick to what’s in front of you – idea, action, utterance.”
“To love only what happens, what was destined. No greater harmony.”
“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.”
“Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives.”
“The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.”
“Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.”
“Confine yourself to the present.”
“Everything is interwoven, and the web is holy.”
“Take away the complaint, ‘I have been harmed,’ and the harm is taken away.”
“To expect an impossibility is madness.”
“Life is a warfare and a stranger’s sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.”
“I, who have never willfully pained another, have no business to pain myself.”
“The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.”
“A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.”
“Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.”
“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.”
“He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.”
“To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.”
“For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.”
“Commit to loving yourself completely. It’s the most radical thing you will do in your lifetime.”
“Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature’s delight.”
“It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character. Otherwise it cannot harm you—inside or out.”
“Fame in a world like this is worthless.”
“All things fade and quickly turn to myth.”
“Not to display anger or other emotions. To be free of passion and yet full of love.”
“Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives”
“Observe constantly that all things take place by change.”
“Let each thing you would do, say, or intend, be like that of a dying person.”
“Don’t be overheard complaining, even to yourself.”
“The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you give away.”
“The universe is transformation: life is opinion.”
“All things are born from change.”
“Be content to seem what you really are.”
“Life is short. That’s all there is to say. Get what you can from the present – thoughtfully, justly.”
“A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.”
“You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.”
“The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.”
“You have to assemble your life yourself – action by action.”
“Pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments.”
“No man can escape his destiny, the next inquiry being how he may best live the time that he has to live.”
“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
“You don’t love yourself enough. Or you’d love your nature too, and what it demands of you.”
“No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be good.”
“Only attend to yourself, and resolve to be a good man in every act that you do.”
“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
“You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.”
“Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.”
“Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.” – Marcus Aurelius
“You are a little soul carrying about a corpse.”
“Failing to understand the workings of one’s own mind is bound to lead to unhappiness.”
“Do not suffer a sudden impression to overbear your judgment.”
“Never act without purpose and resolve, or without the means to finish the job.”
“Is any man afraid of change? Why what can take place without change?”
“The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”
“Don’t be anxious. Nature controls it all.”
“Death is a cessation from the impression of the senses, the tyranny of the passions, the errors of the mind, and the servitude of the body.”
“What is not harmful to the city does not harm the citizen either.”
“Kindness is invincible, but only when it’s sincere, with no hypocrisy or faking.”
“A good disposition is invincible, if it be genuine.”
“What stands in the way . . . becomes the way.”
“Get back up when you fall. Celebrate behaving like a human.”
“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.”
“Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.”
“So I look for the best and am prepared for the opposite.”
“Rather disapproval by a genius than praise by an idiot.”
“Experience is a trophy made up of all the weapons that hurt us.”
“The lot assigned to every man is suited to him, and suits him to itself.”
“The universe is flux, life is opinion.”
What am I but a little flesh, a little breath, and the thinking part that rules the whole?
“Because dying, too, is one of our assignments in life”
Let it make no difference whether you are cold or warm, as long as you are doing your duty.”
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
“We live only now. Everything else is either passed or is unknown.”
“Life is short — the fruit of this life is a good character and acts for the common good.”
“How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.”
“The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.”
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
“A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.”
“Poverty is the mother of crime.”
“A man should be upright, not be kept upright.”
“Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.”
“Where a man can live, he can also live well.”
“Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.”
“Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.”
“The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.”
“The first step: Don’t be anxious. Nature controls it all.”
“Do not try to be on the side of the majority but live according to your inner laws.”
“Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.”
“For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.”
“Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind—the realm of your own.”
“Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.”
“Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.”
“Do not be wise in words – be wise in deeds.”
“What we do in life ripples in eternity.”
“What does not benefit the hive is no benefit to the bee.”
“Live each day as if it be your last.”
“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.”
“Man should fear never beginning to live.”
“It is not events that disturb people, it is their judgements concerning them.”
“You’re better off not giving the small things more time than they deserve.”
“The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.”
“Look beneath the surface; let not the several qualities of a thing nor its worth escape thee.”
“Nothing is more scandalous than a man that is proud of his humility.”
“Anywhere you can lead your life, you can lead a good one.”
“Tomorrow is nothing, today is too late; the good lived yesterday.”
“So, I look for the best and am prepared for the opposite.”
“Give up your thirst for books, so that you do not die a grouch.”

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