Marcus Aurelius

The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength.

Strength • Mindfulness • Health

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

Leadership • Planning • Strategy

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

Inspiration • Nature • Reflection

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.

Gratitude • Life • Love

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.

Life • Mortality • Positive

Ask thyself, daily, to how many ill-minded persons thou hast shown a kind disposition.

Kindness • Reflection • Relationships

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

Opinions • Perception • Subjectivity

Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.

Contentment • Happiness • Minimalism

The act of dying is also one of the acts of life.

Death • Life • Philosophy

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

Behavior • Character • Improvement

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

Honesty • Integrity • Morality

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

Character • Improvement • Integrity

Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.

Life • Motivational • Philosophy

Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.

Acceptance • Attitude • Life

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Contentment • Gratitude • Health

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.

Human • Reflection

Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.

Actions • Life • Morality

Receive without conceit, release without struggle.

Growth • Improvement • Mindfulness

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

Honesty • Integrity • Respect

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?.

Criticism • Growth • Reflection