Seneca Quotes

"A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary."

"The ungrateful man is like a sieve; everything you pour into him runs out."

"We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation."

"It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness."

"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."

"A benefit is a good deed that gives joy and in the giving takes joy."

"He who is grateful is a happy man."

"As long as you live, keep learning how to live."

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult."

"While we wait for life, life passes."

"It is not the gift that matters, but the intention of the giver."

"The real source of guilt is an inner knowledge of our own dishonesty."

"Withdraw into yourself, as far as you can."

"No one is more unhappy than he who is never satisfied with what he has."

"No man was ever wise by chance."

"One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood."

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

"The wise man is always grateful for the present moment."

"Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind."

"It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much."

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

"A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things."

"Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness."

"He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment on his debt."

"Fire tests gold, adversity tests strong men."

"He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself."

"A man who is ungrateful for one benefit will be ungrateful for all."

"Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness."

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."

"We are ungrateful for what we have because we are looking for what we do not have."

"Fire tests gold, suffering tests brave men."

"The ungrateful man is his own punishment."

"The person who is to be grateful must think of the benefit, not the giver."