Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity. A strong and deep mind has two highest tides – when the moon is at the full, and when there is no moon.

It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.

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

Equally inured by moderation either state to bear, prosperous or adverse.

I try not to get too high off the highs or too low off the lows.

It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.

The possibility of physical and mental collapse is very real now... but collapse is out of the question; as a solution or even a cheap alternative, it is unacceptable. No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind.

A well-balanced mind is the best remedy against affliction.

When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it.

In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.

In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.

If circumstances are bad and you have to bear them, do not make them a part of yourself.

The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturbances can shake his will, but pleasantly, and, as it were, merrily, he advancesto his own music, alike in frightful alarms and in the tipsy mirth of universal dissoluteness.

When evil times prevail, take care to preserve the serenity of your hear.

The man of regular life and rational mind never despairs.

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later.

You can't let the highs get too high and you can't let the lows get too low.

You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity.

Never get too high; never get too low.

For me, I know the game is a humbling game, so I don't get too high or too low.

The mind is the most important thing of the big picture and no one has a stronger mindset than amateur wrestlers.

He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.

Successful people are able to rise above crises by relaxing no matter what the external situation. Their belief in themselves, the strength of their self-image is impenetrable armor, which protects them against shattering events.

For where there is true love, a man is neither out of measure lifted up by prosperity, nor cast down by mishap; whether you give or take away from him, so long as he keeps his beloved, he has a spring of inward peace. Thus, even though thy outward man grieve, or weep downright, that may well be borne, if only thy inner man remain at peace, perfectly content with the will of God.