Ancient Quotes for Depth of Thought & Spirit

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Here are a few of my favorite ancient quotes.

"The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."
- SOCRATES

"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
- Confucius

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." 
- Aristotle

“Every man is the architect of his own future”. 
- Sallust (86 -35 BC)Roman Historian

“Your life is an expression of all your thoughts.”
- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180) - Roman Emperor and Stoic Philosopher 

“Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them”.
- Epictetus (C. 55 - C. 135) - Greek Stoic Philosopher

“He has half the deed done who has made a beginning”.
- Horace (65-8 B.C.) - Roman Poet and Satirist

“First say to yourself what would you be; and then do what you have to do”.
- Epictetus (C. 55 - C. 135) Greek Stoic Philosopher

“The nature of man is always the same; it is their habits that separate them”.
- Confucius (551-479 B.C.) - Chinese Philosopher

“Take charge of your thoughts. You can do what you will with them”.
- Plato (428-327 BC) - Greek Philosopher and Prose Writer

“They can do all because they think they can”.
- Virgil (70-9 BC) - Roman Poet

“Where fear is . . . happiness is not”.
- Seneca (4BC - AD65) - Roman Philosopher and Playwright

“Give me 'where to stand' and I will move the earth”.
- Archimedes (287-212 BC) - Syracusan Mathematician, Astronomer and Inventor

“Learn what you are and be such”.
- Pindar (522-438 BC) - Greek Poet

“What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do”.
- Aristotle (383-322 BC) - Greek Philosopher

“Our life is what our thoughts are make it”.
- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180) Roman Emperor and Stoic Philosopher

“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he”.
- Solomon (10th Century BC) - King of Israel & reputed author of Biblical Books

“When the mind is thinking, it is talking to itself”.
- Plato (428-327 BC) - Greek Philosopher and Prose Writer

“What we are is what we have thought for years”.
- Gautama The Buddha (560-480 BC) - Indian Spiritual leader and Founder of Buddhism

“How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself”.
- Publilius Syrus - (1st century BC) - Latin Writer of Mimes

“Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be a time. Let it first blossom then bear fruit, then ripen”.
- Epictetus (C. 55 - C. 135) Greek Stoic Philosopher

“Practice yourself for heaven’s sake, in little things; and thence proceed to greater”.
- Epictetus (C. 55 - C. 135) Greek Stoic Philosopher

“Perseverance is more prevailing than violence and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little”.
- Plutarch (C. A.D. 46 - C 120) - Greek Biographer and Essayist

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