Seneca Quotes
Browse 24 quotes from Seneca, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“He who has great power should use it lightly.”
“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.”
“He who is brave is free.”
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
“Associate with people who are likely to improve you.”
“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”
“He who fears death will never do anything worthy of a man who is alive.”
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.”
“Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack.”
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.”
“The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.”
“What you think of yourself is much more important than what others think of you.”
“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.”
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
“He who is everywhere is nowhere.”
“He is most powerful who has power over himself.”
“It's a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.”
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.”
“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and be understood.”
“Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.”
“How does it help to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?”
