70 Stoicism Quotes
Following is our list of stoicism quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about modern stoicism.
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Famous Stoicism Quotes
It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in the face, unbending both to good and bad; his countenance unconquered. — Boethius
Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy. — Aaron Swartz
Great souls endure in silence. — Friedrich von Schiller
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile. — Horace
A rational person can find peace by cultivating indifference to things outside of their control. — Naval Ravikant
A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected. — Samuel Johnson
Fortitude. ... It means fixity of purpose. It means endurance. It means having the strength to live with what constrains you. — Hilary Mantel
The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety. — Alexandra David-Neel
The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper. — Aristotle
Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne. — Pearl S. Buck
Those who are truly wise will remain unmoved by feelings of happiness and suffering, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, gain and loss.They will remain calm like the eye of a hurricane. — Buddha
By skepticism . . . we arrive first at suspension of judgment, and second at freedom from disturbance. — Sextus Empiricus
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion. — Pythagoras
Short Stoicism Quotes
- The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way. — Marcus Aurelius
- To be a successful investor, one has to be emotionally stable and maintain a long-term perspective. — Gautam Baid
- We just kept putting off the worry as we focused on the next problem and how to solve it. — Fred Haise
- In the game of life, it’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game that counts. — Prince Ali Salman Aga Khan Aly Khan
- There is no armor more impenetrable than song. — James L. Farmer, Jr.
- When using the loo, gravity is your friend. — Tim Peake
- You have to remain centered at all times and never let her push you off that center. — Corey Wayne
- In the stock market a good nervous system is even more important than a good head. — Philip Arthur Fisher
- The foremost thing that needs to be in your mind is that you enter into a relationship to GIVE. — Corey Wayne
- A good sportsman always puts the best face on defeat. — Prince Ali Salman Aga Khan Aly Khan
People Writing About Stoicism
| Name | Quotes | Likes |
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 Aristotle |
1252 | 18854 |
 Marcus Tullius Cicero |
1036 | 10824 |
 Boethius |
45 | 446 |
 Aaron Swartz |
23 | 647 |
 Friedrich von Schiller |
80 | 791 |
 Horace |
926 | 4340 |
More Stoicism Quotes
A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
More money has probably been lost by investors holding a stock they really did not want until they could ‘at least come out even’ than from any other single reason. — Philip Arthur Fisher
The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self. — Whitney M. Young
Being a hero is a choice you can make, not a cape someone else will drape over you. You make your own cape. — Alexi Pappas
If you are unwilling to fight through the worst days of your life, you do not deserve the best days of your life. — Chatri Sityodtong
Trading is injurious to your wealth. If you are smoking you may die in 20-30 years whereas by trading, this may happen the very next day. — Vijay Kedia
Good ideas are common, but those who are willing to take action and execute those ideas are far more rare. — Pat Flynn
Your portfolio, leveraged or not, must be constructed in such a way that not only will it survive the bad days but thrive in a market meltdown. — Naved Abdali
So I should say that civilizations begin with religion and stoicism: they end with scepticism and unbelief, and the undisciplined pursuit of individual pleasure. A civilization is born stoic and dies epicurean. — Will Durant
You can learn a lot by getting knocked down, and I got knocked down over and over again. And every time I got up and kept going. — Michael J. Massimino
We can’t get in the cage thinking that we’ll win quickly, that we’ll get the knockout. — Amanda Nunes
You have to go into relationship not with what you can get out of it, but with what you can put into it. — Corey Wayne
By setting limitations, we must choose the essential. So in everything you do, learn to set limitations. — Leo Babauta
The individualist… recognizes the limitations of the powers of individual reason and consequently advocates freedom. — Friedrich August von Hayek
The best investors are the ones who can stay objective and rational in the face of uncertainty. — Raoul Pal
When you boil it all down, it’s the investor’s job to intelligently bear risk for profit. Doing it well is what separates the best from the rest. — Howard S. Marks
In markets, stupid action does not have equal but severe opposite reaction. — Vijay Kedia
If you fight for only yourself, it is possible to quit. When you fight for others, it is impossible to quit. — Chatri Sityodtong
I never take fights personal and I’m not emotional when I’m fighting. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Peace of heart that is won by refusing to bear the common yoke of human sympathy is a peace unworthy of a Christian. To seek tranquility by stopping our ears to the cries of human pain is to make ourselves not Christian but a kind of degenerate stoic having no relation either to stoicism or Christianity. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Words are not enough. There must be action. — James L. Farmer, Jr.
Life is hard, should you be too? — Markiplier
A surefire way to predict the future is to take no action at all. When you do nothing, you get nothing. — Pat Flynn
Every successful person has to decide what to do in part by deciding what not to do. — Angela Duckworth
What can we do with a creature who returns to his doom with such a free heart? — R.K. Narayan
Withstanding hardships is a sort of sport. You can’t control how life plays, but you can control your defensive strategy. — Isaac Mashman
Nonviolence and legal action must be twin weapons– either one being used when it seems to be most applicable, with each bolstering the other. — James L. Farmer, Jr.
Even when you realize that the one before you is an enemy and must be treated sternly, do not hurt with words. — R.K. Narayan
I wanted to know that if I ever got killed, I got killed doing something worthwhile. — Michael J. Massimino
The network told me to get rid of Number One, the woman first lieutenant, and also get rid of 'that Martian fellow'... meaning, of course, Spock. I knew I couldn't keep both, so I gave the stoicism of the female officer to Spock, and married the actress who played Number One. Thank God it wasn't the other way around. I mean Leonard's cute, but... — Gene Roddenberry
He who has power over himself has power over his greatest enemy. — Matshona Dhliwayo
[Once] a stock has been properly selected and has borne the test of time, it is only occasionally that there is any reason for selling it at all. — Philip Arthur Fisher
In Alice in Wonderland one had to run fast to stand still, in the stock markets, one who stands still can really make money fast. — Thomas Phelps
Every Christian needs to know that dependence on worldly knowledge can lead to failure, but Godly knowledge guarantees success. — Enoch Adeboye
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