"Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what’s left and live it properly." —Marcus Aurelius

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

"The best livelihood (particularly for the strong) is earning a living from the soil, whether you own your land or not. Many can support their families by farming land owned by the state or private landowners. Some even get rich through hard work with their own hands. The earth repays those who cultivate her, both justly and well, multiplying what she received—endowing in abundance all the necessities of life to anyone willing to work— and all this without violating your dignity or self-respect!" —Musonius Rufus, Musonius Rufus On How To Live

"Kindness is unconquerable, so long as it is without flattery or hypocrisy. For what can the most insolent man do to you, if you contrive to be kind to him, and if you have the chance gently advise and calmly show him what is right…and point this out tactfully and from a universal perspective." —Marcus Aurelius

"People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy." —Seneca

"I do not know whether I shall make progress; but I should prefer to lack success rather than to lack faith." —Seneca

"The foundation of every state is the education of its youth." —Diogenes

"If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it." —Marcus Aurelius

"People often say what is right and do what is wrong; but nobody can be in the wrong if he is doing what is right." —Xenophon, Conversations Of Socrates

"What we do now echoes in eternity." —Marcus Aurelius

"Courage is knowing what not to fear." —Plato

"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

"Wealth is able to buy the pleasures of eating, drinking and other sensual pursuits—yet can never afford a cheerful spirit or freedom from sorrow." —Musonius Rufus, Musonius Rufus On How To Live

"It is essential that we not respond impulsively… take a moment before reacting, and you will find it easier to maintain control." —Epictetus

"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength." —Marcus Aurelius

"Quality is not an act, it is a habit." —Aristotle

"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud." —Sophocles

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

"Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing." —Seneca

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live." —Marcus Aurelius