What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you. Seneca the Elder More Quotes by Seneca the Elder More Quotes From Seneca the Elder We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. Seneca the Elder hurt fear inspirational We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Seneca the Elder passion motivational inspirational There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse. Seneca the Elder punishment philosophical persons Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands. Seneca the Elder philosophical mind motivational No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline. Seneca the Elder philosophical powerful inspirational A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two. Seneca the Elder philosophical party two It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence. Seneca the Elder great-things speech silence Failure changes for the better, success for the worse. Seneca the Elder change-for-the-better failure inspirational What is the proper limit for wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to have what is enough. Seneca the Elder wealth limits firsts The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early. Seneca the Elder unlearn mind You can end love more easily than you can moderate it. Seneca the Elder moderates ends love If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him. Seneca the Elder inspirational men life It is wrong not to give a hand to the fallen. This right is common to the whole human race. Seneca the Elder race giving hands To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself. Seneca the Elder safety doe mean The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends. Seneca the Elder politics kings people The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective. Seneca the Elder example inspirational long Malice drinks one-half of its own poison. Seneca the Elder forgiveness anger half Let us be brave in the face of adversity. Seneca the Elder adversity brave faces Nothing is our except time. Seneca the Elder time Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed. Seneca the Elder blessed blessing men
