Free Inspirational Quotes from Stoic Philosophers [PDF]

1. “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius

2. “He who fears death will never do anything worth of a man who is alive.” — Seneca

3. “It is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” — Epictetus

4. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” — Marcus Aurelius

5. “We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.” — Seneca

6. “No man is free who is not master of himself.” — Epictetus

7. “If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.” — Epictetus

8. “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” — Seneca

9. “To be calm is the highest achievement of the self.” — Zen proverb (often attributed to Stoic philosophy)

10. “Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.” — Seneca

11. “The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.” — Epictetus

12. “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” — Marcus Aurelius

13. “It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.” — Seneca

14. “First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” — Epictetus

15. “The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.” — Marcus Aurelius

16. “The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.” — Seneca

17. “You become what you give your attention to.” — Epictetus

18. “If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.” — Marcus Aurelius

19. “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” — Seneca

20. “How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?” — Epictetus

21. “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” — Marcus Aurelius

22. “To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.” — Seneca

23. “Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.” — Epictetus

24. “The best answer to anger is silence.” — Marcus Aurelius

25. “The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.” — Seneca

26. “Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.” — Epictetus

27. “Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.” — Marcus Aurelius

28. “Difficulty strengthens the mind, as labor does the body.” — Seneca

29. “No great thing is created suddenly.” — Epictetus

30. “Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power.” — Marcus Aurelius

31. “He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.” — Seneca

32. “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” — Epictetus

33. “Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?” — Marcus Aurelius

34. “It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.” — Seneca

35. “Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.” — Epictetus

36. “Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions.” — Marcus Aurelius

37. “He who is brave is free.” — Seneca

38. “Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.” — Epictetus

39. “The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.” — Marcus Aurelius

40. “Only time can heal what reason cannot.” — Seneca

41. “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

42. “It is not the things themselves that disturb people, but their judgments about these things.” — Epictetus

43. “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” — Marcus Aurelius

44. “As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.” — Seneca

45. “No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don’t have, and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have.” — Seneca

46. “Don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will – then your life will flow well.” — Epictetus

47. “Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.” — Marcus Aurelius

48. “What fortune has made yours is not your own.” — Seneca

49. “It is more civilized to make fun of life than to bewail it.” — Seneca

50. “He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.” — Epictetus

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