“Nothing, Lucilius, is ours, except time.”
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Attitude Quotes
200 FAMOUS QUOTES · ATTITUDE
Attitude Quotes
Read 200 of the best attitude quotes on mindset, perspective, confidence and choosing how you respond to life, from Seneca, Shakespeare, Emerson and more.
“I feel that I am being not only reformed, but transformed.”
Seneca
ChangeGrowth
“Men learn while they teach.”
Seneca
LearningTeaching
“It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another.”
Marcus Aurelius
Self-KindnessPeace
“That which is not good for the swarm, neither is it good for the bee.”
Marcus Aurelius
CommunityWisdom
“Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them.”
Marcus Aurelius
PatienceHumanity
“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.”
Epictetus
WordsWisdom
“How long will you still defer thinking yourself worthy of the best things?”
Epictetus
Self-WorthAction
“Never proclaim yourself a philosopher, nor make much talk among the ignorant about your principles, but show them by your actions.”
Epictetus
ActionHumility
“The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new.”
Lao Tzu
ChangeHope
“Firmness and strength are the concomitants of death; softness and weakness, the concomitants of life.”
Lao Tzu
FlexibilityLife
“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.”
Confucius
CourageIntegrity
“By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.”
Confucius
HabitsPractice
“Not a mother, not a father will do so much, nor any other relative; a well-directed mind will do us greater service.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
MindSelf-Reliance
“If a man would hasten towards the good, he should keep his thought away from evil.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
ThoughtsGoodness
“Let each man direct himself first to what is proper, then let him teach others.”
Buddha (Dhammapada)
ExampleSelf-Improvement
“A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.”
The Bible (Proverbs 16:9)
PlanningFaith
“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise.”
The Bible (Proverbs 17:28)
SilenceWisdom
“A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.”
The Bible (Proverbs 22:1)
ReputationCharacter
“Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
The Bible (Galatians 6:7)
KarmaConsequences
“He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.”
The Bible (Luke 16:10)
IntegritySmall Things
“When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.”
The Bible (Proverbs 11:2)
PrideHumility
“All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.”
The Bible (Matthew 7:12)
Golden RuleKindness
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only.”
The Bible (James 1:22)
ActionFaith
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be.”
William Shakespeare
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