Ancient quotes packed with wisdom

In our modern society we might feel superior, but sometimes we need to step back and appreciate the past.

Throughout history, there’s been a lot of great human beings that walked the earth. Some of them have said things we still can benefit from today.

Actually, some of the deepest quotes about life, have been said by humans that lived thousands of years ago.

So let’s dive deeper into some of the great quotes from the ancient world.

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Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.

– Homer (greek author of Illiad and the Odyssey. Lived somewhere between 1102-850BC)

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

– Plato

If you do not change direction you may end up where you are heading.

– Lao Tzu (uncertain)

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

– Heraclitus of Ephesus

Whoever walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.

– Solomon

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind and has given up worrying once and for all.

– Ovid

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

– Marcus Tullius Cicero

Difficulties strengthen the mind as labor does the body.

– Seneca the Younger

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in few.

– Pythagoras

Happiness and freedom begin with one principle. Some things are within your control and some are not.

– Epictetus

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

– Marcus Aurelius

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

– Socrates

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Nelson Mandela

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Perseverance is the act of true role models and heroes.

– Liza Wieme

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

– Bob Dylan

The Viagra commercial says «make sure your heart is healthy enough for sex». That’s a really deep question if you think about it in a more metaphorical way.

Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.

– Stephen Hawking

One of the things that I did before I ran for president is I was a professional speaker. Not a motivational speaker – an inspirational speaker. Motivation comes from within. You have to be inspired. That’s what I do. I inspire people, I inspire the public, I inspire my staff. I inspired the organizations I took over to want to succeed.

– Herman Cain

If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love’s sake only.

– Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.

– George Carlin

Do all things with love.

– Og Mandino

We can’t undo a single thing we have ever done, but we can make decisions today that propel us to the life we want and towards the healing we need.

– Steve Maraboli

There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy.

– Dante Alighieri

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

– Mother Teresa

Those who don’t value their words, will never value your wishes.

– Amit Kalantri

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Thomas Edison

You will never know how strong you are until you start working.

I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.

– Albert Einstein

Encourage, lift and strengthen one another. For the positive energy spread to one will be felt by us all. For we are connected, one and all.

– Deborah Da

Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

– Richard L. Evans

Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.

– Brendan Gill

It’s an ongoing joy being a dad.

– Liam Neeson

My songs always sound a lot better in person than they do on the record.

– Bob Dylan

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

– John F. Kennedy

There are things you just can’t do in life. You can’t beat the phone company, you can’t make a waiter see you until he’s ready to see you, and you can’t go home again.

– Bill Bryson

As a chef, I got into this because I love the creative energy and I love the science, but I also love to feed people and make them happy.

– Christina Tosi

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

– Vincent Van Gogh

There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.

– Martin Luther King, Jr.