Marcus Annaeus Seneca Quotes

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?

What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.

A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.

Greed's worst point is its ingratitude.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

Let us be brave in the face of adversity.

To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

Whom they have injured they also hate.

Add each day something to fortify you against poverty and death.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

No man will swim ashore and take his baggage with him.

Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.

Nothing is ours except time.

What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.

Courage is a scorner of things which inspire fear.

The great soul surrenders itself to fate.

He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility.

It is not manly to turn one's back on fortune.

It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat.

Live for thy neighbor if thou wouldst live for thyself.

There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?

One should count each day a separate life.

Unhappy is the man though he rule the world who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.

The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile endure awhile believe always and never turn back.

No man can live happily who regards himself alone who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another if thou wishest to live for thyself.

When in fear it is safest to force the attack.

Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness.

For the great benefits of our being- our life health and reason-we look upon ourselves.

If God adds another day to our life let us receive it gladly.

There's one blessing only the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

If you wish to fear nothing consider that everything is to be feared.

Success is not greedy as people think but insignificant. That's why it satisfies nobody.

What must be shall be and that which is a necessity to him that struggles is little more than choice to him that is willing.

What must be shall be and that which is a necessity to him that struggles is little more than choice to him that is willing.

Brave men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Fire is the test of gold adversity of strong men.

The good things that belong to prosperity are to be wished but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.

If we let things terrify us life will not be worth living.

It is not death we fear but the thought of it.

Fortune reveres the brave and overwhelms the cowardly.

For many men the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles it only changes them.

Knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation.

Courage leads starward fear toward death.

For greed all nature is too little.