Marcus Aurelius Quotes

I just refuse to worry or get upset or be fearful. It doesn't do one particle of good.

Overcoming fear and worry can be accomplished by living a day at a time or even a moment at a time. Your worries will be cut down to.

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.

When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.

Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not.

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

I've always been good at refocusing my attention away from something that was bringing me down.

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

Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole; do not assemble in your mind the many and varied troubles which have come to you in the past and will come again in the future, but ask yourself with regard to every present difficulty: 'What is there in this that is unbearable and beyond endurance?'

Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.

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

I don't waste time being depressed.

We live from day to day and get as much joy out of experiencing as we can.

One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether to let it affect you or not.

The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.

I still have highs and lows, maybe I don't cry salty tears as much.

Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.

All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you.

Nothing is a bigger waste of time than regretting the past and worrying about the future.

Don't let the good days get to your head, and don't let the bad days get to your heart.

I'm not really scared of getting work. I gave up worrying about that a long time ago because there's no point. I'm very much about living in the moment and taking each day as it comes.

Even when I wasn't playing, I always had a smile on my face because if I acted sad or mad, it wouldn't help me.