Marcus Aurelius Quotes

When I didn't get a job, I thought, 'Don't worry, there'll be another one.' I still live by that now. Nothing really fazes me any more.

She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.

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

It is very rare that you meet with obstacles in this world, which the humblest man has not faculties to surmount.

If I have to, I can do anything.

I am someone who always gets up again, even if there are setbacks. I have a survivor instinct. I'm not sure where it comes from, but probably from all the little things that make you into who you are.

As an actor, I was not accepted for the longest time. But it did not deter me, as the audience had accepted me. I never compared myself with any other actors. I never had any game plan and took whatever came my way.

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

It's really important, especially for young girls, to see that if you fall down, you get back up. If you get sick, you get back up. People are going to say what they want.

I struggle with my training sometimes. The thing I look at is if you keep getting up and moving forward, you'll be successful. That's the way I've lived my life. I'm not going to stop doing something because somebody says it's time. I'm going to stop it when my body says it's over or the fans say, 'we're done watching you.'

Doesn't matter what goes on in my life; I go forward.

If my one hand stops working, I won't stop living my life. I will start using my other hand. Similarly, if one part of my life goes wrong, I won't stop leading my life.

You take what's thrown at you, and you make a life out of it.

Everything is pretty good in my life, and like everybody else, things happen, and you put your head down and solve challenges.

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

If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look and feel the same. Tolerance for disappointment, determination, and a belief in self are the heart of hope.

Hope walks through the fire. Faith leaps over it.

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.

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

It's funny, honestly, by rights, with a lot of the stuff that's happened to me I should be running down the street with my hair on fire, but instead I want to shape things, and I want to shake things up. There's nothing wrong with being an agitator.

Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.

If you don't have what you need, just rock with what you've got!

I look at what I have as a challenge and I could list a whole bunch of different challenges. And I choose not to be daunted by any of them.

In life, as in whist, hope nothing from the way cards may be dealt to you. Play the cards, whatever they be, to the best of your skill.

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