Waste no more time arguing about what a good person should be. Be one.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
SE SenecaStoic philosopher · 4 BCE–65 CEWat dit citaat betekent
Difficulty often lives in our hesitation, not the task itself. Daring to begin shrinks the very obstacle that fear had enlarged.
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Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman whose letters offer durable advice on time, fortune, and the good life.
This line is among the quotes by Seneca that readers return to on motivatie — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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