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29 Stoic Quotes to Live By

  1. It is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” – Epictetus
  2. “The only thing in our power is our own mind.” – Epictetus
  3. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius
  4. “Do not waste time on what you cannot change.” – Marcus Aurelius
  5. “Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.” – Vladimir Nabokov
  6. “The obstacle is the way.” – Ryan Holiday
  7. “We are not given control over what happens to us, but we can choose how to respond.” – Ryan Holiday
  8. “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” – Marcus Aurelius
  9. “It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.” – Seneca
  10. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
  11. “Life is like a play. It’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.” – Seneca
  12. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
  13. “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” – Soren Kierkegaard
  14. “Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.” – Plato
  15. “The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates
  16. “Life is short, but it is wide.” – Seneca
  17. “Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.” – Confucius
  18. “You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius
  19. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
  20. “No one is free who is not master of himself.” – Epictetus
  21. “Happiness is not given to us, it is earned.” – Epictetus
  22. “The only way to deal with fear is to face it head-on.” – Marcus Aurelius
  23. “The only way to deal with fear is to face it head-on.” – Ryan Holiday
  24. “Be present. Be here now. This is all there is.” – Ryan Holiday
  25. “The things you think about determine the quality of your mind.” – Marcus Aurelius
  26. “The only thing we never have enough of is time.” – Seneca
  27. “It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.” – Benjamin Franklin
  28. “The only real obstacle in your path to success is the story you keep telling yourself that you cannot succeed.” – Tony Robbins
  29. “It is not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln