stoic

Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
-Epictetus

When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
-Seneca

Do not be wise in words – be wise in deeds.
-Marcus Aurelius

There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can’t control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.
-Marcus Aurelius

There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
-Seneca

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.
-Epictetus

You always own the option of having no opinion.
-Marcus Aurelius

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do — NOW.
-Epictetus

There is no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. For it has never been in his power to try himself.
-Seneca

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
-Marcus Aurelius