How to Think Like a Roman Emperor

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

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

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”

“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they cannot tell good from evil.”

“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.”

“Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.”