508 Quotes About Stoicism

Increasing the strength of our minds is the only way to reduce the difficulty of life.

It takes patience to nurture patience.

There is a correlation between how foolish a man is and how tolerant he is of people who waste his time.

When pain comes, it must not derail you from your set virtues. If it does, you have failed to practice your virtues by going with the hype of pain.

Change: nothing inherently bad in the process, nothing inherently good in the result.

We are forever getting closer to the dreaded moment that will finally confirm that we will not live forever.

The qualities of stoic self-denial, self-sacrifice for others, patient labour, expiation for past error, willing acceptance of the burdens of life, were for him nobler manifestations of humanity than ostentatious feats of bravery, death-defying deeds of heroism or a life ruled by passions. He was persuaded that moral strength could best be displayed by silent endurance rather than by vehement anger and passionate rebellion.

If you lose today every-day, you are lost every-day.

Tomorrow will take care of itself, so take care of today, otherwise tomorrow will take ill-care of you today – thus losing today.