Marcus Aurelius Quotes

You do the best you can with what's thrown at you, then you try again.

I've proven I can hang in there, go through adversity, and pull tricks out of the bag.

You continue to change your approach until you achieve what you want using whatever life gives you along the way.

The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself meeting them.

I was always taught to let the obstacles be your guide because they lead you to places that you wouldn't have gone on your own. Instead of going through a rock, you go around it, creating a path.

If I was hearing something I couldn't do, I would figure out how to do it.

To survive, you've got to keep wheedling your way. You can't just sit there and fight against odds when it's not going to work. You have to turn a corner, dig a hole, go through a tunnel - and find a way to keep moving.

There are going to be games where you don't have the greatest conditions, so to show that you can do it in bad conditions is a plus.

What I've learned is, there's not just one way to achieve a goal. There can be obstacles along the way and it's how you learn from that that will really make you a success.

If something doesn't go your way, then look for another way. If something's broken, fix it.

I'm learning along the way, and there's going to be some little bumps and bruises, but as long as I keep rolling with the punches, I will keep moving up.

Don't be too close-minded, and don't think there's only one way to get to where you want to be. There are a thousand ways to get there, and if one way doesn't work, try the other.

Why did the achievers overcome problems while thousands are overwhelmed by theirs? They refused to hold on to the common excuses for failure. They turned their stumbling blocks into stepping stones. They realized that they couldn't determine every circumstance in life but they could determine their choice of attitude towards every circumstance.

Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got.

When obstacles have been put in front of me, I just get around them and move past them and laugh at them.

The genius is making a way out of no way.

If something goes wrong, don’t whine about it. Have a spine about it. Adjust, adapt, and move forward.

He divines remedies against injuries; he knows how to turn serious accidents to his own advantage; whatever does not kill him makes him stronger

Trouble is bad to get into but fun to get out of. If you're in trouble, eighty percent of the time there's a way out. If you can see the ball, you can probably hit it; and if you can hit it, you can move it; and if you can move it, you might be able to knock it in the hole. At least it's fun to try.

We'd never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.

Just do the best with what you have, and you'll soon be doing it better.

The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it out. There are brambles in the path? Then go around. That's all you need to know.

You can bend but never break me. Cause it only serves to make me more determined to achieve my final goal.

Make it work