Marcus Aurelius Quotes

Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves.

I feel like it's always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It's often times your greatest 'flaw' which actually forays into what is also your greatest strength.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.

You never know what motivates you.

The fact that people in Hollywood are open to what I teach is not because they're more desperate than anyone else, but because they're more touched by it. That's not their weakness. It's their strength!

It's truly disheartening to me to see so many beautiful women who have no idea what their potential is.

I feel like I inspire more people than I think I do. I just need to remember that.

On those days when you don't want to get up, I think, I'm going to get through my entire practice without saying how tired I am or I try not to complain just because I was in a bad mood when I woke up. Even if it's not perfect and I slip up, I can catch myself and make myself of aware of where my mental space is at and move on.

Look what you've already come through! Don't deny it. Say I'm stronger than I thought I was

No one feels strong when she examines her own weakness. But in facing weakness, you learn how much there is in you, and you find real strength.

The key is your thoughts and feelings, and you have been holding the key in your hand all of your life.

At times to think of one's outer helplessness is good, but to think always of one's inner strength is infinitely better.

A man's strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weakness.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.

Sometimes you have to take the focus off of you and put it on someone else and it's funny what you can accomplish and how much strength you really have.

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.

I worshipped dead men for their strength, forgetting I was strong.

I think of myself as a catalyst of action and a messenger of hope, turning people onto themselves and turning people onto their dreams.

Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It's how you deal with the troughs that defines you.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

So there was a fire inside me. And that fire inside you, it can be turned into a negative form or a positive form. And I gradually realised that I had this fire and that it had to be used in a positive way.

I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.

One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.