Seneca the Younger Quotes

Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid.

They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.

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

Character is a quality that embodies many important traits, such as integrity, courage, perseverance, confidence and wisdom. Unlike your fingerprints that you are born with and can't change, character is something that you create within yourself and must take responsibility for changing

I am dedicated to the belief that it is God's will that all men should strive for wisdom in themselves, not look to it from some other. Babes, perhaps, must have their food chewed for them by a nurse, but men may drink and eat of wisdom for themselves.

Growth and self-transformation cannot be delegated.

Do yourself a favor, become your own savior.

The quest for truth must be carried out by each person individually. It is like breathing, something which no one else can do for us.

You live and you learn, man. I've learned you can't wait on anybody. You have to raise your awareness yourself.

No experience is ever wasted. Everything has meaning.

You may be your own best helper, if you choose the right path.

I long to put the experience of fifty years at once into your young lives, to give you at once the key of that treasure chamber every gem of which has cost me tears and struggles and prayers, but you must work for these inward treasures yourself.

If man puts his honor first in relying upon himself, knowing himself and applying himself, this in self-reliance, self-assertion, and freedom, he then strives to rid himself of the ignorance which makes a strange impenetrable object a barrier and a hindrance to his self-knowledge.

If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man's shoulders. I must get off him first, that he may pursue his contemplations too.

Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be so, it will be so.

Self-help and self-control are the essence of the American tradition.

I finally stopped complaining about 'Why isn't everybody else making me what I want to be?' You can't rely solely on your agent or your managers to educate people as to who you are.

That's what I've decided I am. A seeker of wisdom and truth.

It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others.

Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.

A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition.

Let each person in relationship worry about Self-what Self is being, doing, and having; what Self is wanting, asking, giving; what Self is seeking, creating, experiencing, and all relationships would magnificently serve their purpose-and their participants!

I can do nothing for you but work on myself...you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!

Religion asks you to learn from the experience of others. Spirituality urges you to seek your own.