Do every act of your life as though it were the last act of your life.— Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius Quotes
45 quotes by Marcus Aurelius
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.— Marcus Aurelius
If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.— Marcus Aurelius
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.— Marcus Aurelius
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.— Marcus Aurelius
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.— Marcus Aurelius
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together.— Marcus Aurelius
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.— Marcus Aurelius
Look back over the past, and consider how many changes have happened, and you may foresee what will come.— Marcus Aurelius
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.— Marcus Aurelius
Do every act of your life as if it were the last.— Marcus Aurelius
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.— Marcus Aurelius
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.— Marcus Aurelius
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.— Marcus Aurelius
A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.— Marcus Aurelius
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.— Marcus Aurelius
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.— Marcus Aurelius
Be content to seem what you really are.— Marcus Aurelius
Begin each day by telling yourself: today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty.— Marcus Aurelius
Today I escaped from anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me.— Marcus Aurelius
Concentrate every minute on doing what's in front of you with precise and genuine seriousness.— Marcus Aurelius
Choose not to be harmed and you won't feel harmed. Don't feel harmed and you haven't been.— Marcus Aurelius
The best way to avenge yourself is to not be like that.— Marcus Aurelius
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.— Marcus Aurelius
How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does.— Marcus Aurelius
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.— Marcus Aurelius
Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: what fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?— Marcus Aurelius
Most of what we say and do is not essential. Ask yourself at every moment, is this necessary?— Marcus Aurelius
Receive without pride, let go without attachment.— Marcus Aurelius
To live a good life: we have the potential for it. If we can learn to be indifferent to what makes no difference.— Marcus Aurelius
Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.— Marcus Aurelius
The present moment always will have been. What you do right now matters — not because it will last, but because it happened.— Marcus Aurelius
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.— 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 about what a good man should be. Be one.— Marcus Aurelius
When you wake up in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive.— Marcus Aurelius
You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last.— Marcus Aurelius
The path of life shall be for you, like for everyone else, sometimes hard and rough. Adopt the right disposition.— Marcus Aurelius
The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.— Marcus Aurelius
You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.— Marcus Aurelius
Confine yourself to the present.— Marcus Aurelius
Real intelligence is not having to manufacture your importance by demeaning others.— Marcus Aurelius
Don't be a slave to your own desires. Be a master.— Marcus Aurelius
Do every act of your life as if it were your last.— Marcus Aurelius
Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.— Marcus Aurelius