--- title: "16 Given Quotes By Marcus Aurelius" description: "16 Given quotes by Marcus Aurelius. Plus more from Marcus Aurelius and more Given sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/marcus-aurelius-139_fame_how-many-after-being-celebrated-by-fame_2215982.jpg" --- > [How many after being celebrated by fame have been given up to oblivion; and how many who have celebrated the fame of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/how-many-after-being-celebrated-by-fame-have-been-given-up-to/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/marcus-aurelius-139_fame_how-many-after-being-celebrated-by-fame_2215982.jpg) > [Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/adapt-yourself-to-the-life-you-have-been-given-and-truly-love-the/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afd/marcus-aurelius-139_destiny_adapt-yourself-to-the-life-you-have-been_1075505.jpg) > [Only to the rational animal is it given to follow voluntarily what happens; but simply to follow is a necessity imposed on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/only-to-the-rational-animal-is-it-given-to-follow-voluntarily-what/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/marcus-aurelius-139_animal_only-to-the-rational-animal-is-it-given_777107.jpg) > [The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-only-wealth-which-you-will-keep-forever-is-the-wealth-you-have/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/marcus-aurelius-139_forever_the-only-wealth-which-you-will-keep-fore_120476.jpg) > [I will march on in the path of nature till my legs sink under me, and then I shall be at rest,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/i-will-march-on-in-the-path-of-nature-till-my-legs-sink-under-me-and/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/marcus-aurelius-139_air_i-will-march-on-in-the-path-of-nature-ti_714499.jpg) > [You are making an inopportune rejection of what Nature has given you today, if all your mind is set on what men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/you-are-making-an-inopportune-rejection-of-what-nature-has-given-you/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/marcus-aurelius-139_given_you-are-making-an-inopportune-rejection_3149012.jpg) > [It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/it-is-not-fit-that-i-should-give-myself-pain-for-i-have-never/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/marcus-aurelius-139_fit_it-is-not-fit-that-i-should-give-myself_2450152.jpg) > [The ruling power within, when it is in its natural state, is so related to outer circumstances that it easily changes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-ruling-power-within-when-it-is-in-its-natural-state-is-so-related/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/marcus-aurelius-139_accord_the-ruling-power-within-when-it-is-in-it_1023656.jpg) > [Remember that there is a God who desires neither praise nor glory from men created in his image, but rather that they,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/remember-that-there-is-a-god-who-desires-neither-praise-nor-glory/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/marcus-aurelius-139_action_remember-that-there-is-a-god-who-desires_1728359.jpg) > [Take it that you have died today, and your life's story is ended; and henceforward regard what future time may be given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/take-it-that-you-have-died-today-and-your-life-s-story-is-ended-and/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b5/marcus-aurelius-139_died_take-it-that-you-have-died-today-and-you_1784174.jpg) > [One of the recurring themes in Marcus' handbook is leadership's responsibility to work intelligently with what it is given and not waste…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/one-of-the-recurring-themes-in-marcus-handbook-is-leadership-s/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e8/marcus-aurelius-139_choices_one-of-the-recurring-themes-in-marcus-ha_401304.jpg) > [It is the responsibility of leadership to work intelligently with what is given, and not waste time fantasizing about a world of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/it-is-the-responsibility-of-leadership-to-work-intelligently-with/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a6/marcus-aurelius-139_choices_it-is-the-responsibility-of-leadership-t_973202.jpg) > [Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/every-moment-think-steadily-as-a-roman-and-a-man-to-do-what-thou-hast/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/marcus-aurelius-139_affection_every-moment-think-steadily-as-a-roman-a_822334.jpg) > [Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let slip those opportunities the gods have given you. It is now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/remember-how-often-you-have-postponed-minding-your-interest-and-let/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/marcus-aurelius-139_consider_remember-how-often-you-have-postponed-mi_2435304.jpg) > [Nature has given to each conscious being every power she possesses, and one of these abilities is this: just as Nature converts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/nature-has-given-to-each-conscious-being-every-power-she-possesses/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cc/marcus-aurelius-139_abilities_nature-has-given-to-each-conscious-being_3077248.jpg) > [How can a man find a sensible way to live? One way and one only- Philosophy. And my philosophy means keeping that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/how-can-a-man-find-a-sensible-way-to-live-one-way-and-one-only/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/marcus-aurelius-139_accepting_how-can-a-man-find-a-sensible-way-to-liv_2374714.jpg) ## Other authors on Given ## More by Marcus Aurelius > [A man should be upright, not kept upright.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/a-man-should-be-upright-not-kept-upright/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [Everything is mere opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/everything-is-mere-opinion/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [If any man has done wrong, the harm is his own. But perhaps he has not done wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/if-any-man-has-done-wrong-the-harm-is-his-own-but-perhaps-he-has-not/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [Pray look upon the plants and birds, the ants, spiders, and bees, and you will see them all exerting their nature, and busy in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/pray-look-upon-the-plants-and-birds-the-ants-spiders-and-bees-and-you/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [“We should remark the grace and fascination that there is even in the incidentals of Nature's processes.. When a loaf of bread,. for instance,.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/we-should-remark-the-grace-and-fascination-that-there-is-even-in-the/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [My true Self is free. I cannot be contained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/my-true-self-is-free-i-cannot-be-contained/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/the-best-revenge-is-to-be-unlike-him-who-performed-the-injury/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [Nothing befalls any man which he is not fitted to endure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/nothing-befalls-any-man-which-he-is-not-fitted-to-endure/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [Adorn thyself with simplicity and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet says that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/adorn-thyself-with-simplicity-and-with-indifference-towards-the/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/let-it-be-your-constant-method-to-look-into-the-design-of-people-s/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [“Our life is a warfare, and a mere pilgrimage.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/our-life-is-a-warfare-and-a-mere-pilgrimage/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [“If therefore it be a thing external that causes thy grief, know, that it is not that properly that doth cause it, but thine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/if-therefore-it-be-a-thing-external-that-causes-thy-grief-know-that/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [Frightened of change? But what can exist without it? What's closer to nature's heart? Can you take a hot bath and leave the firewood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/frightened-of-change-but-what-can-exist-without-it-what-s-closer-to/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/we-are-too-much-accustomed-to-attribute-to-a-single-cause-that-which/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) > [“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself, "I have to go to work - as a human being. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/at-dawn-when-you-have-trouble-getting-out-of-bed-tell-yourself-i-have/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/given/marcus-aurelius/#itemlist", "name": "16 Given Quotes By Marcus Aurelius", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How many after being celebrated by fame have been given up to oblivion; and how many who have celebrated the fame of others have long been dead.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marcus Aurelius" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/how-many-after-being-celebrated-by-fame-have-been-given-up-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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