“Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.”
More from Marcus Aurelius on Wisdom
“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
“A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values.”
“Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.”
“A man’s worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions.”
“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”
“Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker.”
“Do not be ashamed of help.”
“Neither worse then nor better is a thing made by being praised.”
“…praise does not make anything better or worse.”
“Here is a rule to remember when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is a misfortune " but "To bear this worthily is good fortune."”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and...”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”