From Seneca: “No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it.”
Tag Archives: ancient Rome
Quote of the day 03/02/26
From Marcus Aurelius: “Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.”
Quote of the day 02/13/26
From Marcus Aurelius: “Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn’t matter.”
Quote of the day 02/11/26
From Seneca: “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.”
Quote of the day 02/08/26
From Marcus Aurelius: “Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
Quote of the day 02/06/26
From Seneca: “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
Quote of the day 02/03/26
From Epictetus: “If you wish to be invincible, make yourself indifferent to what is not in your control.”
Quote of the day 01/30/26
From Seneca: “Fire tests gold; misfortune tests brave men.”
Quote of the day 01/21/26
From Marcus Aurelius: “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive — to think, to enjoy, to love.”
Quote of the day 01/20/26
From Seneca: “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”