Marc Aurelius Quotes & Sayings

The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but never Marc Aurelius. — Antoine Rivarol

Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops. — George Pierce Baker

I can't wait to be that age and hanging out with a bunch of people hanging out all day playing golf and going to the beach, all my own age. We'd be laughing and having a good time and getting loopy on our prescription drugs. Driving golf carts around. I can't wait. — Cameron Diaz

I rub my hand down my face, frustrated. This girl in front of me tests my patience like hell.
When she ran to me after her dad kicked her out, I thought she still had feelings for me. She needed a place to stay, and I needed her. I offered her a room, thinking if she was around me every day, she would remember she loves me. I was dead wrong. Somewhere along the way, we switched roles, I became the one who so desperately needed her and she became cold and closed off. She isn't my savior; she's my punishment. — Brittany Butler

The Holy Spirit opens the inner recesses of our hearts and enables us to see the moral cesspools hidden there. — Jerry Bridges

I think there's a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer. — Tori Amos

To the gods I am indebted for having good grandfathers, good parents, a good sister, good teachers, good associates, good kinsmen and friends, nearly everything good. — Marcus Aurelius

Want something you've never had? Do something you've never done! — Billy Cox

Who dares disturb my roses?"
Why did I say that — Alex Flinn

Most of us feel overburdened by information, although I would say the overloaded feeling comes more from coordinating all of the information and responding to it. — David Rose

I may be the wrong person for my life. — Thomas McGuane

One of the things important about history is to remember the true history. — George W. Bush

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout. — Leonardo Da Vinci

The best thing about golf is ultimately what it teaches you about yourself. And the worst thing is how freakin' nervous it can make you feel. — Gabrielle Reece

The man was more highly strung than Margaret Thatcher on the rag, God rest her. — L. H. Cosway

Let's focus on how we can take someone who is being poorly educated in an American public school and how they are poorly trained for a job, and put in place those opportunities for them to get that education, give their parents choice in education, make it real for them. — Michael Steele