Seneca the Younger Quotes

For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

You have to take responsibility for how you act. You can't fix everyone.

At the end of the day, you're responsible for yourself and your actions and that's all you can control. So rather than be frustrated with what you can't control, try to fix the things you can.

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.

I struggle with pride every day, but the one thing that I try to remind myself everyday is that I'm still a sinner no matter how many points/assists/win I get on the court.

Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.

I want to be a good person. I don't want to fail. I want to learn from my mistakes, rid myself of distractions, and run into the arms of Jesus. Most of the time, however, I feel like I am running away from Jesus into the arms of my own clutteredness.

Temptations are as thick as the leaves of the forest, and no one can be out of the reach of temptation unless he is dead. The great thing is to make people intelligent enough and strong enough, not to keep away from temptation, but to resist it.

Long ago we conquered our passions looking at ourselves in the mirror of eternity.

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

What you dislike in another take care to correct in yourself.

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

I'm on a missionary journey to become the best version of myself.

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.

I couldn't make sense of things. But then I began the process of civilising myself and trying to become a decent human being. I'm still working on it.

I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.

Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.

Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

One of the things you learn in rehab is that you're responsible for your own actions.

Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.