Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

Begin – to begin is half the work, let half still remain again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.

Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.

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

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.