No passion so effectively robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.” —Edmund Burke, 1756.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” —Marcus Aurelius

It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment; in these qualities old age is usually not only not poorer, but it is even richer.’

—Cicero (106–43 BC)

Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle. Some things are within your control. And some things are not.

Epictetus, Discourses

Complaining is not a strategy. You have to work with the world as you find it, not as you would have it be.

—Jeff Bezos