"The fates lead the willing but drag the unwilling." —Cleanthes
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"Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people’s affairs, never turn to examine themselves." —Xenophon, Conversations Of Socrates
"The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself." —Plato, The Republic
"Death smiles at us all, but all a man can do is smile back." —Marcus Aurelius
"Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards." —Diogenes
"Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it." —Thales
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." —Plato
"Devote the rest of your life to making progress." —Epictetus
"He who has equipped himself for the whole of life does not need to be advised concerning each separate thing, because he is now trained to meet his problem as a whole; for he knows not merely how he should live with his wife or his son, but how he should live aright." —Aristo Of Chios
"Excess in anything becomes a fault." —Seneca
"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer." —Seneca
"You become what you give your attention to." —Epictetus
"Cowards die many times before their death." —Julius Caesar
"What then is that which is able to conduct a man? One thing and only one, philosophy." —Marcus Aurelius
"You will earn the respect of all if you begin by earning the respect of yourself. Don’t expect to encourage good deeds in people conscious of your own misdeeds." —Musonius Rufus
"If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation." —Epictetus
"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one." —Marcus Aurelius
"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer." —Seneca
"Before a crowd, the ignorant are more persuasive than the educated." —Aristotle
"The tranquility that comes when you stop caring what they say. Or think or do. Only what you do." —Marcus Aurelius