No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.
SENECAThe greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
More Seneca Quotes
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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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You are your choices.
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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