"He who hesitates is lost." —Cato

"So it is with men too: even if they don’t want to, they will be compelled to follow what is destined." —Zeno

"The problem creates the solution. What stands in the way becomes the way." —Marcus Aurelius

"Before you heal someone, ask him if he’s willing to give up the things that make him sick." —Hippocrates

"Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it." —Epictetus

"Everything hangs on one’s thinking…a man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is." —Seneca

"The fates lead the willing but drag the unwilling." —Cleanthes

"The measure of a man is what he does with power." —Plato

"Nothing is needed by fools, for they do not understand how to use anything, but are in want of everything." —Marcus Aurelius

"The best livelihood (particularly for the strong) is earning a living from the soil, whether you own your land or not. Many can support their families by farming land owned by the state or private landowners. Some even get rich through hard work with their own hands. The earth repays those who cultivate her, both justly and well, multiplying what she received—endowing in abundance all the necessities of life to anyone willing to work— and all this without violating your dignity or self-respect!" —Musonius Rufus, Musonius Rufus On How To Live

"What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself." —Hecato Of Rhodes

"If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable." —Seneca

"Devote the rest of your life to making progress." —Epictetus

"If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it." —Marcus Aurelius

"The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputations from storms and tempests." —Epictetus

"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer." —Seneca

"When a dog is tied to a cart, if it wants to follow, it is pulled and follows, making its spontaneous act coincide with necessity. But if the dog does not follow, it will be compelled in any case. So it is with men, too: even if they don’t want to, they will be compelled to follow what is destined." —Zeno

"Courage is knowing what not to fear." —Plato