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50 Motivational Stoicism Quotes on Life (PURPOSE)

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“Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won’t make us happier.”

Randy Pausch
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
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
I begin to speak only when I’m certain what I’ll say isn’t better left unsaid. - Cato
I begin to speak only when I’m certain what I’ll say isn’t better left unsaid. – Cato
Make the mind tougher by exposing it to adversity. - Robert Greene
Make the mind tougher by exposing it to adversity. – Robert Greene
Warriors should suffer their pain silently. - Erin Hunter
Warriors should suffer their pain silently. – Erin Hunter
We should always be asking ourselves Is this something that is, or is not, in my control - Epictetus
We should always be asking ourselves: “Is this something that is, or is not, in my control?” – Epictetus
To be even-minded is the greatest virtue. - Heraclitus
To be even-minded is the greatest virtue. – Heraclitus
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. - Seneca
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. – Seneca
Your perspective on life comes from the cage you were held captive in. - Shannon L. Alder
Your perspective on life comes from the cage you were held captive in. – Shannon L. Alder
A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking. - Taleb Nassim Nicholas
A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking. – Taleb Nassim Nicholas

9 Wise Stoicism Quotes About Life To Help You Be In Control

“Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We’ve been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.”

Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The most common act of violence is the relentless mental violence we perpetrate upon ourselves with nothing other than our thoughts. - Bill Madden
The most common act of violence is the relentless mental violence we perpetrate upon ourselves with nothing other than our thoughts. – Bill Madden
Too many people believe that everything must be pleasurable in life. - Robert Greene
Too many people believe that everything must be pleasurable in life. – Robert Greene
Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself. - Marcus Aurelius
Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself. – Marcus Aurelius
Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power. - James Allen
Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power. – James Allen
Man is mostly a collection of emotions, most of which he would do better not to be feeling. - Neel Burton
Man is mostly a collection of emotions, most of which he would do better not to be feeling. – Neel Burton
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be One. - Marcus Aurelius
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be One. – Marcus Aurelius
Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it. - Epictetus
Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it. – Epictetus
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own. - Marcus Aurelius
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own. – Marcus Aurelius

14 Inspirational Stoicism quotes

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. - Marcus Aurelius
Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. – Marcus Aurelius
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. - Seneca
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. – Seneca
Problems only exist in the human mind. - Anthony de Mello
Problems only exist in the human mind. – Anthony de Mello
How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself? - Epictetus
How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself? – Epictetus
Discomfort is the currency of success. - Brooke Castillo
Discomfort is the currency of success. – Brooke Castillo
In life, it doesn’t matter what happens to you or where you came from. It matters what you do with what happens and what you’ve been given. - Ryan Holiday
In life, it doesn’t matter what happens to you or where you came from. It matters what you do with what happens and what you’ve been given. – Ryan Holiday
Life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future. - Seneca
Life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future. – Seneca
Difficulty is what wakes up the genius. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Difficulty is what wakes up the genius. – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Common man’s patience will bring him more happiness than common man’s power. - Amit Kalantri
Common man’s patience will bring him more happiness than common man’s power. – Amit Kalantri
What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. - Viktor Frankl
What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. – Viktor Frankl
Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing. - Nora Roberts
Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing. – Nora Roberts
In order to protect ourselves, we must live like doctors and be continually treating ourselves with reason. - Musonius Rufus
In order to protect ourselves, we must live like doctors and be continually treating ourselves with reason. – Musonius Rufus
Man conquers the world by conquering himself. - Zeno of Citium
Man conquers the world by conquering himself. – Zeno of Citium
When pain comes, it must not derail you from your set virtues. If it does, you have failed to practice your virtues by going with the hype of pain. - Tiisetso Maloma
When pain comes, it must not derail you from your set virtues. If it does, you have failed to practice your virtues by going with the hype of pain. – Tiisetso Maloma

3 Stoicism Quotes on Death

I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived – and dying I will tend to later. - Epictetus
I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived – and dying I will tend to later. – Epictetus
You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think. - Marcus Aurelius
You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think. – Marcus Aurelius
He who fears death will never do anything worth of a man who is alive. - Seneca
He who fears death will never do anything worth of a man who is alive. – Seneca

14 Stoicism Quotes that Will Make You Think

“No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.”

Epictetus
Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. - Markus Zusak
Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. – Markus Zusak
Sometimes in life we must fight not only without fear, but also without hope. - Alessandro Pertini
Sometimes in life we must fight not only without fear, but also without hope. – Alessandro Pertini
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
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
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. - Marcus Aurelius
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. – Marcus Aurelius
Always resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honor and duty. Elinor, where is your heart - Jane Austen
Always resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honor and duty. Elinor, where is your heart? – Jane Austen
The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief. - Othello
The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief. – Othello
I hear my silence talked of in every lane; The suppression of a cry is itself a cry of pain. - Darshan Singh
I hear my silence talked of in every lane; The suppression of a cry is itself a cry of pain. – Darshan Singh
There will never come a time when I will be able to resist my emotions. - Louise Erdrich
There will never come a time when I will be able to resist my emotions. – Louise Erdrich
We should not, like sheep, follow the herd of creatures in front of us, making our way where others go, not where we ought to go. - Seneca
We should not, like sheep, follow the herd of creatures in front of us, making our way where others go, not where we ought to go. – Seneca
We’re never unhappy until we remember why we’re supposed to be unhappy. - Daniel V. Chappell
We’re never unhappy until we remember why we’re supposed to be unhappy. – Daniel V. Chappell
Love sometimes injures. Friendship always benefits, after friendship is formed you must trust, but before that you must judge. - Seneca
Love sometimes injures. Friendship always benefits, after friendship is formed you must trust, but before that you must judge. – Seneca
The best revenge is not to be like your enemy. - Marcus Aurelius
The best revenge is not to be like your enemy. – Marcus Aurelius
Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods. - Socrates
Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods. – Socrates

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