Plato Quotes

For the man who makes everything that leads to happiness, or near to it, to depend upon himself, and not upon other men, on whose good or evil actions his own doings are compelled to hinge,--such a one, I say, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation; this is the man of manly character and of wisdom.

I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself.

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.

I can control what I can control. I just focus on me, and that's it.

I'm not really worried about what Anthony Johnson does. I have to worry about what I do to prepare myself.

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.

Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

I know that no one can really stop me but myself and that really no one can help me but myself.

I'm a very competitive person, but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be, and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else, then so be it. But I don't go around comparing and contrasting myself with other actors if I can help it. It's also, I think, the key to my success.

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

I do my best, and that's all I can do.

What you say about this world I do not quite agree with; I think it a very good world, and only requires a person to be reasonable in his expectations, and not to trust too much to others.

I've always took care of myself.

Every one of us in this country is based on you've gotta take care of yourself.

The great thing about chess is it's a game for oneself. You don't work on what you can't control, you just work on yourself. And I think if more people did that, we'd all be a lot better off.

I can't worry about external factors, I have to focus on myself.

The only person who can help Balotelli is Balotelli.

I've learned during my life that if I am in hell, I make my own glory. I've also been in glory, and perhaps I've made my own hell, but I certainly don't take anyone down with me.

I only focus on what I can do.