The Stoics

The Stoics taught that our desires and attachments to external things often lead to suffering, and advocated for embracing the present moment and accepting things as they are. They believed in the power of reason to guide our choices and to cultivate virtues such as courage, justice, wisdom, and moderation.

Aesop

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

Anthony De Mello

If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.

Benjamin Franklin

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

Bob Marley

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None, but ourselves can free our minds

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Bob Marley

The people who are trying to make this world worse aren't taking a day off. Why should I?

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Diogenes

Happiness is not found in living a safe and secure life, but in taking risks and facing challenges.

Dr. Seuss

Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened.

Epictetus

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

Epictetus

How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?

Epictetus

It's not things that upset us. It's our judgment about things.

Epictetus

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

Marcus Aurelius

very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself. In your way of thinking.

Marcus Aurelius

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

Marcus Aurelius

You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.

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Muhammad Ali

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Naval Ravikant

The only true test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life.

Plato

Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.

Seneca

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

Seneca

You are your choices.

Winston Churchill

If you are going through hell. Keep going.

Zeno

No loss should be more regrettable to us than losing our time. For it's irreplaceable.