27 Marcus Aurelius Quotes About Character, Mental Toughness
1. "Settle on the type of person you want to be and stick to it, whether alone or in company." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
2. "Consider at what price you sell your integrity; but please, for god’s sake, don’t sell it cheap." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
3. "Good morals and the government of my temper. (what marcus learned from his grandfather verus)" (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
4. "If then there is an invincible necessity, why do you resist?" (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
5. "Is a world without shameless people possible? No. So this person you’ve just met is one of them. Get over it." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
6. "Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
7. "Stick with the situation at hand, and ask, “why is this so unbearable? Why can’t i endure it?” You’ll be embarrassed to answer." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
8. "True good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune: good character, good intentions, good actions." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
9. "I see no virtue that is opposed to justice; but i see a virtue that is opposed to love of pleasure, and that is temperance." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
10. "Do not be perturbed, for all things are according to the nature of the universal; and in a little time you will be nobody and nowhere." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
11. "It is in your power whenever you choose to retire into yourself. For there is no retreat that is quieter or freer from trouble than a man’s own soul." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
12. "Be like the promontory against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
13. "Remember this, that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
14. "Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
15. "The operations of the will are in our power; not in our power are the body, the body’s parts, property, parents, siblings, children, country or friends." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
16. "It is in our power to have no opinion about a thing and not to be disturbed in our soul; for things themselves have no natural power to form our judgments." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
17. "It will even do to socialize with men of good character, in order to model your life on theirs, whether you choose someone living or someone from the past." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
18. "Remember, too, on every occasion that leads you to vexation to apply this principle: not that this is a misfortune, but that to bear it nobly is good fortune." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
19. "Independence and unvarying reliability, and to pay attention to nothing, no matter how fleetingly, except the logos. (what marcus learned from apollonius)" (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
20. "Compassion. Unwavering adherence to decisions, once he’d reached them. Indifference to superficial honors. Hard work. Persistence. (what marcus learned from his adopted father)" (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
21. "They saw him for what he was: a man tested by life, accomplished, unswayed by flattery, qualified to govern both himself and them. (what marcus learned from his adopted father)" (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
22. "That he respected tradition without needing to constantly congratulate himself for safeguarding our traditional values. (what marcus learned from his adopted father)" (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
23. "If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. And it is in your power to wipe out this judgment now." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
24. "To be the same in all circumstances – intense pain, the loss of a child, chronic illness. And to see clearly, from his example, that a man can show both strength and flexility. (what marcus learned from apollonius)" (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
25. "Do not let your thoughts at once embrace all the various troubles that you may expect to befall you: but on every occasion ask yourself, “what is there in this that is intolerable and past bearing?” For you will be ashamed to confess." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
26. "Let it make no difference to you whether you are cold or warm, if you are doing your duty; and whether you are drowsy or satisfied with sleep; and whether ill-spoken of or praised; and whether dying or doing something else." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
27. "If you want to be a man of honour and a man of your word, who is going to stop you? You say you don’t want to be obstructed or forced to do something against your will – well, who is going to force you to desire things that you don’t approve, or dislike something against your better judgement?" (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet
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