54 Best Seneca Quotes to Get Motivation in Life

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Lucius Aeneas Seneca the Younger is commonly known as Seneca. He was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and playwright. As a writer, Seneca is known for his philosophical works and his plays. His prose works include a dozen essays and one hundred and twenty-four letters dealing with ethical issues.

All of his writings are based on tragedy. As a tragedian, he is known for his plays such as Medea, Thyestes, and Phaedra.

Here are some best inspirational Seneca quotes that are collected from his writings that will motivate you to live a meaningful life.

Best Inspirational Seneca Quotes

1. “We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

2. “You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

3. “It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

4. “It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. ” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

5. “Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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6. “If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

7. “No man was ever wise by chance” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

8. “Associate with people who are likely to improve you.” ― Seneca

9. “Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.” ― Seneca

10. “One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

11. “We are more often frightened than hurt, and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

12. “He who is brave is free.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

13. “Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

14. “A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

15. “As long as you live, keep learning how to live.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

16. “Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

17. “If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

18. “True happiness is… to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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19. “A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

20. “Life’s like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

21. “It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

22. “Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

23. “It is quality rather than quantity that matters.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

24. “Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

25. “Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

26. “Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

27. “Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

28. “Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

29. “Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

30. “Love in its essence is spiritual fire.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

31. “You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

32. “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

33. “Life, if well lived, is long enough.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

34. “The wish for healing has always been half of health.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

35. “All cruelty springs from weakness.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

36. “Every guilty person is his own hangman.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Famous Seneca Quotes For Life Motivation

37. “If you wished to be loved, love.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

38. “A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

39. “While we are postponing, life speeds by.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

40. “The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

41. “The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

42. “Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

43. “We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

44. “The greatest remedy for anger is a delay.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

45. “Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

46. “Time discovers the truth.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

47. “Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

48. “No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

49. “It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

50. “The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

51. “Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

52. “He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

53. “A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

54. “For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca