Quotes About Stoicism

Let a man accept his destiny, No pity and no tears.

Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them

If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy.

Do you see what little is required of a man to live a well-tempered and god-fearing life? Obey these precepts, and the gods will ask nothing more.

The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.

The greatest part of what we say and do is really unnecessary. If a man takes this to heart, he will have more leisure and less uneasiness.

Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.

Another of these strong silent men. The world is full of us.

It's nice enough to make a man weep, but I don't weep, do you?

Tis the hard grey weather Breeds hard English men.

If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity and constancy of good.

It is well for a man when he has learned to endure what he cannot change, and to give up with dignity what he cannot retain.

Aren't all these notes the senseless writings of a man who won't accept the fact that there is nothing we can do with suffering except to suffer it?

If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all beside is nothing to us, why are we still troubled?

Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who possess good digestions and hard hearts.

Never complain and never explain.

I suppose I'm of the school of never explain, never complain.

One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one already knew and didn't care.

I just don't see the point in sitting around hollering the blues over things you have no control over. It's all in God's hands.

Fun? There is no fun.

What is not in my control, there is no point thinking about it.

Normal pain is no problem, that just comes with the job.