Marcus Aurelius Quotes

Preserve your peace of mind. There is not much time; all things end in death. Do not lament the past too much, or fear the future too acutely, ot waste too much energy on other peoples' woes, in case the present dissolves altogether.

Success and failure are emotional and physiological experiences. We need to deal with them in a way that is present and calm.

It is within your hands to be frustrated in life or not. Just your expectations should become smaller, smaller, smaller, and in the same proportion the frustration will become smaller. A day will come when there will be no expectation; then you will never come across any frustration.

Not worrying is a skill. It's a skill not breaking down every single moment.

If anything or anyone distresses you, think how you'll feel a week - a month - a year later. If you can imagine yourself being happy and peaceful then, why waste all that time? Be happy and peaceful now.

If we can learn to deal with our discomfort and just relax into it we'll have a better life.

The moment I think about past letdowns or future hypotheticals, I mentally put myself on shaky ground. If I clear my mind of chatter, I can succeed, just like I did in 2006.

Don't let your thoughts run away with you, don't start planning to bail out because you're worried about the future and how much you can take. Don't look ahead to the pain. Just get through the day.

Don't worry about what you can't control.

The best anyone can do is breathe in, breathe out and wait for it to pass.

There are things in your life which you are in control of, and those you're not. You need to not care about those things which you're not in control of, and when you come to really understand that, you can go from being really upset about something to that lovely feeling of being a kid where everything is okay.

I’ve learned not to worry about what might come next.

Don't let your imagination to be crushed by life as a whole. Don't try to pictures everything bad that could possibly happen. Stick with the situation at hand. ...Then remind yourself that past and present have no power over you. Only the present.

Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health.

Fear is natural. Be with it.

I typically take life one day at a time.

There's always going to be people saying negative and positive things. If you let all that into you, and you're always contemplating that and thinking about that, I'm sure that can get to you. I try not to do that.

Don't stress out about the things you can't control.

I think it's becoming cool to have mental toughness or to meditate. It's a thing, but I don't think people really understand the value of it.

I don't have a radio or TV going all the time. It's very important to have awareness, to know when you tense up and then to stop that.

What I work hardest at is just trying to not let things get me crazy.

The biggest challenge for me is just knowing how to calm down.

I tune it all out because if I let other people's stress get to me, then I stress myself out more than I need to.

I try not to think about the things I can't control.

I don't really feel any pressure. I can control only what I can control.