INSPIRING GREEK QUOTES IN ENGLISH

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“Know thyself.” – Socrates

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” – Plato

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates

“Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.” – Epictetus

“Excellence is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle

“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” – Aristotle

“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” – Socrates

“By nature, people are alike; by practice, they get to be different.” – Confucius

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” – Rumi

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” – Seneca

“Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.” – Epictetus

“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius

“In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.” – Sun Tzu

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.” – Marcus Aurelius

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” – Winston Churchill

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela

“The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.” – Socrates

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs

“The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday.” – Unknown

“There is no force more powerful than a woman determined to rise.” – Unknown

“You are the universe, expressing itself as a human for a little while.” – Eckhart Tolle