Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

On our track to success, we have to fight the tendency to look at others and see how far they've come. The only thing that counts is how we use the potential we possess and that we run our race to the best of our abilities.

It is every one's sacred duty to keep himself in a condition to do the biggest thing possible to him.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

We are responsible for our own destiny. What matters is how we improve ourselves from this moment forward.

You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.

None will improve your lot If you yourself do not.

When people ask me what really changed my life, I tell them that absolutely the most important thing was changing what I demanded on myself.

Don't complain about what you don't have. Use what you've got. To be less than your best is a sin.

You don't want to be victimized by your lesser talents.

We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.

The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.

Don’t become me. Don’t let her down like I did. You only deserve what you make yourself worthy of. Do what I couldn’t. Be a man.

A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition.

Let each person in relationship worry about Self-what Self is being, doing, and having; what Self is wanting, asking, giving; what Self is seeking, creating, experiencing, and all relationships would magnificently serve their purpose-and their participants!

Don't wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you're best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are.

As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore, I have always found myself capable of being my own pupil, and ready to love my teacher.

Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.

If you really want to make a change, just get up off your ass and do it.

Only human beings can reorder their lives any day they choose by refining their philosophy.

Most people want everyone else in the world to change themselves. Let me tell you, it's easier to change yourself than everyone else.

You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.

You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

When you're younger, you don't realize you have limitations and that you are the one who has to take care of yourself. Nobody else is going to do it for you. And so, with all of that time, maturity and realizations, I'm in a much better place to be the best that I've ever been and to continue growing as a person and as an artist.

You must take action yourself, for Buddhas only teach the way.

You cannot take credit for your talents. It is what you do with them that counts.