Words that hold their weight.

"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."

— Seneca, Letters from a Stoic

"You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"Discipline equals freedom."

— Jocko Willink, Discipline Equals Freedom

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

— Will Durant, Paraphrasing Aristotle

"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how."

— Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"Do the difficult things while they are easy; do the great things while they are small."

— Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose."

— Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning