Seneca Quotes

"No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity."

"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body."

"Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity."

"Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one: men learn as they teach."

"As long as you live, keep learning how to live."

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."

"A good mind possesses a kingdom."

"We must not be ungrateful even for small things."

"The wise man is always grateful for the present moment."

"A grateful heart is the beginning of a virtuous life."

"There is no vice more base than ingratitude."

"A man who is ungrateful for one benefit will be ungrateful for all."

"We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation."

"We are ungrateful for what we have because we are looking for what we do not have."

"No one is more unhappy than he who is never satisfied with what he has."

"A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things."

"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it."

"He who acknowledges a kindness has already begun to repay it."

"The person who is to be grateful must think of the benefit, not the giver."

"A benefit is a good deed that gives joy and in the giving takes joy."

"He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a benefit; he is ungrateful who hides it; he is ungrateful who does not return it; but most ungrateful of all is he who forgets it."

"In benefits, the giver should forget and the receiver remember."

"He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment on his debt."

"A benefit is not a benefit unless it is given with a good will."

"A benefit is like a seed; it must be planted with care and nurtured with gratitude."

"The ungrateful man is like a sieve; everything you pour into him runs out."

"A benefit should be given with the same spirit it is received."

"To be ungrateful is to be blind to the goodness of the world."

"We should be grateful for life itself, regardless of our troubles."

"True gratitude is an inner feeling, not just an outward expression."

"Let us never forget the kindnesses we have received."

"The ungrateful man is his own punishment."

"To be grateful is to be at peace with oneself."