1.1.

It is not because things are difficult that we

do not dare; it is because we do not dare
that things are difficult.

2. Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

3. "The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control." ~ Seneca the Younger
4. "You are your choices." ~ Seneca the Younger
5. No one can keep a mask on long.
6. "It's all in your head you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing.
The choice is yours." ~ Seneca the Younger

7. If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

8. Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
9. "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the
truth." ~ Marcus Aurelius

10. Think of all the years passed by in which you said to yourself "I'll do it
tomorrow," and how the gods have again and again granted you periods
of grace of which you have not availed yourself. It is time to realize that
you are a member of the Universe, that you are born of Nature itself,
and to know that a limit has been set to your time. Use every moment
wisely, to perceive your inner refulgence, or 'twill be gone and
nevermore within your reach.

11. "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

12. "Say to yourself in the early morning: I shall meet today ungrateful, violent, treacherous,
envious, uncharitable men. All of these things have come upon them through ignorance of
real good and ill... I can neither be harmed by any of them, for no man will involve me in
wrong, nor can I be angry with my kinsman or hate him; for we have come into the world to
work together." ~ Marcus Aurelius
13. "You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up
or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be
judged by you. Leave them alone." ~ Marcus Aurelius

14. "Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question:
What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?" ~ Marcus
Aurelius

15. "Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds." ~ Marcus Aurelius

16. "Ask yourself, "How are my thoughts, words and deeds affecting my friends, my spouse, my
neighbour, my child, my employer, my subordinates, my fellow citizens?"" ~ Epictetus

17. "To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds." ~ Epictetus

18. "What's the good of dragging up sufferings which are

over, of being unhappy now just because you were then." ~
Seneca the Younger
19. "All cruelty springs from weakness." ~ Seneca the Younger

20. "The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds." ~ Seneca the
Younger

21. "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." ~ Seneca the Younger

22. "The person you are matters more than the place to which you go." ~ Seneca the Younger

23. "No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character." ~
Seneca the Younger

24. "The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet." ~ Seneca the Younger

25. "After death there is nothing." ~ Seneca the Younger

26. "It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it." ~ Seneca the Younger

27. "We learn not in the school, but in life." ~ Seneca the Younger

28. "No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it." ~ Seneca the Younger