28 Inspirational Marcus Aurelius Quotes

1. "Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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2. "Keep at it… as a blazing fire takes whatever you throw on it, and makes it light and flame." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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3. "Look within. Within is the foundation of good, and it will ever bubble up, if you will ever dig." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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4. "The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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5. "Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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6. "And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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7. "‘i will throw you into prison.’ correction – it is my body you will throw there." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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8. "Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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9. "It’s time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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10. "The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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11. "There were two vices much blacker and more serious than the rest: lack of persistence and lack of self-control… persist and resist." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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12. "The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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13. "Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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14. "If you didn’t learn these things in order to demonstrate them in practice, what did you learn them for?" (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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15. "How long will you wait before you demand the best of yourself, and trust reason to determine what is best?" (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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16. "In the morning, when you rise unwillingly, let this thought be present: i am rising to the work of a human being." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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17. "No man can escape his destiny, the next inquiry being how he may best live the time that he has to live." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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18. "When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstance, revert at once to yourself and don’t lose the rhythm more than you can help. You’ll have a better grasp of harmony if you keep going back to it." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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19. "If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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20. "Take the shortest route, the one that nature planned – to speak and act in the healthiest way. Do that, and be free of pain and stress, free of all calculation and pretention." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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21. "As if you had died and your life had extended only to this present moment, use the surplus that is left to you to live from this time onward according to nature." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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22. "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." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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23. "People with a strong physical constitution can tolerate extremes of hot and cold; people of strong mental health can handle anger, grief, joy and the other emotions." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

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24. "So you were born to feel “nice”? Instead of doing things and experiencing them? Don’t you see the plants, the birds, the ants and spiders and bees going about their individual tasks, putting the world in order, as best they can? And you’re not willing to do your job as a human being? Why aren’t you running to do what your nature demands?" (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

25. "Keep reminding yourself of the way things are connected, of their relatedness. All things are implicated in one another and in sympathy with each other. This event is the consequence of some other one. Things push and pull on each other, and breathe together, and are one." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

26. "The true man is revealed in difficult times. So when trouble comes, think of yourself as a wrestler whom god, like a trainer, has paired with a tough young buck. For what purpose? To turn you into olympic-class material. But this is going to take some sweat to accomplish." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

27. "It is in your power to live here. But if men do not permit you, then get away out of life, as if you were suffering no harm. The house is smoky, and i quit it. Why do you think that this is any trouble? But so long as nothing of the kind drives me out, i remain, am free, and no man shall hinder me from doing what i choose; and i choose to do what is according to the nature of the rational and social animal." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet

28. "When faced with anything painful or pleasurable, anything bringing glory or disrepute, realize that the crisis is now, that the olympics have started, and waiting is no longer an option; that the chance for progress, to keep or lose, turns on the events of a single day." (Marcus Aurelius) Click to tweet