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Best Marcus Aurelius Quotes to Inspire and Motivate You

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.

"Your share of matter, time, and fate is tiny."

Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed.

It's time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet.

Tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind.

Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquility.

Never act without purpose and resolve, or without the means to finish the job.

You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action.

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

Remember that neither the future nor the past pains thee, but only the present. But this is reduced to a very little, if thou only circumscribest it, and chidest thy mind, if it is unable to hold out against even this.

Nothing that goes on in anyone else's mind can harm you.

Soon you will have forgotten the world, and soon the world will have forgotten you.

Put from you the belief that 'I have been wronged', and with it will go the feeling. Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears.

Remember that all is opinion.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

External things are not the problem. It's your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now.

Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Perfection of character: to live your life as if it were your last moment, with no hot haste, no apathy, no pretense.

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Companies that offer too many options often struggle to differentiate. Differentiation comes from clarity of WHY, not excuses of WHAT.

External things are not the problem. It's your assessment of them. Which you can erase right now.

There is a POWERFUL driving force inside every human being that once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a REALITY.

When we focus on the competition, we become reactive. When we focus on improving ourselves, we become innovative.

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed.

How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.

Genius is in the idea. Impact comes from action.

“Nobody is responsible for his actions, nobody for his nature; to judge is identical with being unjust.”

"You've got to keep control of your time, and you can't unless you say no."

The path to success is to take massive, determined action.