Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.

Marcus Aurelius
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  2. Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people. - Roy T. Bennett

  3. Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.] - Gautama Buddha

  4. How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. - William Shakespeare

  5. I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, "aw shit, he's up! - Steve Maraboli

More Quotes By Marcus Aurelius
  1. Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

  2. Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

  3. When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...

  4. Our life is what our thoughts make it.

  5. The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

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