Time Quotes by Marcus Aurelius

Give yourself a gift: the present moment.

— Marcus Aurelius

The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.

— Marcus Aurelius

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

— Marcus Aurelius

“Whatever time you choose is the right time. Not late, not early.”

— Marcus Aurelius

Live each day as if it be your last.

— Marcus Aurelius

Every instant of time... is a pinprick of eternity.

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How soon will time cover all things.

— Marcus Aurelius

Limit time to the present. Meditate upon your last hour.

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It is possible to depart from life at this moment. Have this thought in mind whenever you act, speak, or think.

— Marcus Aurelius

Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today…

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On the occasion of every act ask thyself, How is this with respect to me? Shall I repent of it? A little…

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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

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Stop whatever you're doing for a moment and ask yourself: Am I afraid of death because I won't be able to do…

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The passing minute is every man's equal possession but what has once gone by is not ours.

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“How many of them who came into the world at the same time when I did, are already gone out of it?…

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“Do the things external which fall upon thee distract thee? Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to…

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He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will…

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Not to waste time on nonsense. Not to be taken in by conjurors and hoodoo artists with their talk about incantations and…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Because most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time, and more…

— Marcus Aurelius

It's time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make…

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From Apollonius I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose; and to look to nothing else, not even for a…

— Marcus Aurelius

Consider thyself to be dead, and to have completed thy life up to the present time; and live according to nature the…

— Marcus Aurelius

No one can lose either the past or the future - how could anyone be deprived of what he does not possess?…

— Marcus Aurelius

From Apollonius I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose; and to look to nothing else, not even for a…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Don’t waste the rest of your time here worrying about other people—unless it affects the common good. It will keep you from…

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Think of all the years passed by in which you said to yourself "I'll do it tomorrow," and how the gods have…

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“One man after burying another has been laid out dead, and another buries him; and all this in a short time. To…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Do not disturb yourself by thinking of the whole of your life. Do not let your thoughts at once embrace all the…

— Marcus Aurelius

“In the life of man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his senses a dim rushlight, his…

— Marcus Aurelius

Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole; do not assemble in your mind the many and varied troubles…

— Marcus Aurelius

Just consider, my friend, whether a pure spirit and virtue are anything other than saving your life and being saved. Perhaps we…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Remember how long you have been putting off these things, and how often you have received an opportunity from the gods, and…

— Marcus Aurelius

“The goal that you hope you will one day arrive at after a long and roundabout journey you are able to possess…

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“Even if you were destined to live three thousand years, or ten times that long, nevertheless remember that no one loses any…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Do not disturb yourself by picturing your life as a whole; do not assemble in your mind the many and varied troubles…

— Marcus Aurelius

“The time of a man's life is as a point; the substance of it ever flowing, the sense obscure; and the whole…

— Marcus Aurelius

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

— Marcus Aurelius

Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.

— Marcus Aurelius

Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

— Marcus Aurelius

Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live; death is nigh at hand: while thou livest, while thou hast…

— Marcus Aurelius