1If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your own integrity. If you need a witness, be your own. - Epictetus
2It is unrealistic to expect people to see you as you see yourself. - Epictetus
3Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. - Plato
4It never ceases to amaze me, we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than their own. - Marcus Aurelius
5Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. - Epicurus
6If it is not right, do not do it. If it is not true, do not say it. - Marcus Aurelius
7A man who suffers more before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary. - Seneca
8We suffer more often in imagination than reality. - Seneca
9You are scared of dying, and tell me, is the kind of life you lead any different than being dead? - Seneca
10Wealth consists not having great possessions, but in having few wants. - Epictetus
11You have power on your own mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. - Marcus Aurelius
12Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be One. - Marcus Aurelius
13External things are not the problem. It's your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now - Marcus Aurelius
14Be tolerant of others and strict with yourself - Marcus Aurelius
15If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. - Epictetus
16Death smiles at us all, but all a man can do is smile back. - Marcus Aurelius
17Every man must decide for himself whether to walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of selfish destructiveness. - Martin Luther King Jr
