Marcus Aurelius Quotes

Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on and ay, 'Why were things of this sort ever brought into the world?'

you fix what you can fix and you let the rest go. If there ain't nothin to be done about it it aint even a problem. It's just a aggravation.

I don't worry about the things I can't change.

One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour.' A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything.

Don't bang your head against the wall about what you can't do.

If you can't fix it, you have to stand it.

I'm trained to difficulties; difficulties can't be eliminated from life.

If you can't do anything about it, laugh like hell.

You have to make peace with life.

Life is accepting what is and working from that.

Life never works out the way you think it will. But you just have to deal with it.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

I have learned to not worry about things I can't control.

Things do not always happen the way I would like them to happen, and I had better get used to that.

I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them, there's no use getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them, what's the use in getting upset?

Let's say your child spills his or her milk, and it's the only milk you have left, and it seems you're at the end of your rope, just remember: that milk is already spilled. There is no sense in making a sad situation more stressful.

You've just got to take things the way they are and accept them and strive.

You can't always have your way. Sometimes life is going to go a different direction. But you've got to learn how to adjust, and you've got to learn how to deal with it.

Sometimes, life is unfair, and you have to suck it up and move on and not use it as an excuse.

Things happen in life and you can’t control them. It sucks and you have to move on.

If you can neither accept it or change it, try to laugh at it.

I am not a very timid type. It's very important to some people, but not to me. I have a simple philosophy: worry about those things you can fix. It you can't fix it, don't worry about it; accept it and do the best you can.

I remembered her once saying that life was like your shoes. You couldn't simply expect or imagine that your shoes would fit perfectly. Shoes that pinched your feet were a fact of life.

"What is the secret of your serenity?" Said the master: "Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable."