The 15 Greatest People Of All Time, To Know Them Is Very Vital As They Give A Kind Of Motivation. Part 2.
#11. Socrates.
Socrates was born around 469 and 470, he was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy.
Socrates was and is a enigmatic figure known mainly through the accounts of the later classical writers, especially the writing of his students Plato and Xenophon.
He is considered as the most wise personal standing.
10 Best of Quotes of Socrates and their meaning.
1. “An unconsidered life is not one worth living.” Always strive your life to be considered and recognized in the society hence you will be valued.
2. “By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.” Good or Bad all provide the same things and that is goodness.
3. “I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.” To be wise always pretend that you know nothing.
4. “You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” In all condition have something you can believe in either yourself or something supernatural.
5. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” The past is past hence let it not disturb you with your present condition.
6. “To know yourself is the beginning of wisdom.” If you understand what you really are, you have discovered the greatest thing in life.
7. “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.” Having something special is less than doing a great thing today.
8. “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” Do panic about the future it will come on it’s own as you have reached your present condition.
9. “I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.” To be taught by practicing is far better than theory of questions and answers.
10. “Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.” If you decide to do something do it with all your heart.
#10. Alexander the Great.
He was born in 356BC, Alexander the Great was a Commander and a King in the northern ancient Greece.
He was taught by Aristotle and at the age thirty years created one of the greatest empire and was undefeated in the Battlefield and later extend his Empire from Greece to Pakistan.
10 Best Quotes of Alexander the Great and their meaning.
1. “A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough.” Everything is right/perfect including death.
2. “There is nothing impossible to him who will try. ” Though the going may seem impossible, just do it because it is already doable.
3. “There are no more worlds to conquer! ” Do everything efficient that you see nothing remaining.
4. “I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well ” Don’t just live for a living but live for a purpose.
5. “An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep. ” The leader is always the main impact not the follower as a strong leader can make a great minds of followers.
6. “Now you fear punishment and beg for your lives, so I will let you free, if not for any other reason so that you can see the difference between a Greek king and a barbarian tyrant, so do not expect to suffer any harm from me. A king does not kill messengers. ” What you ask you get and what you know or expect it becomes.
7. “Remember, upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all. ” Any person can influence all other people’s behavior.
8. “You can make anything provided that you act.” Action or practice differs between a Maker and nothing doer.
9. “If you see no pass, just know that you have nothing yours in that pass” Found a definite pass for you.
10. “Always be the head and a great one” The best thing you can be is a leader not a follower.
#9. Marcus Aurelius.
Marcus Aurelius was born 121 was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180, he ruled with Lucius Verus who died in 169 .
Marcus was the last of Five Good emperor and is also considered one of the best important short philosophers.
He is remembered for his teachings.
10 Best Quotes of Marcus Aurelius.
1. “Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” Always focus on the best thing and yourself matching with them.
2. “Receive without conceit, release without struggle.” Don’t mind when receiving and always give with joy.
3. “Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.” Everything in the world is perfect though sometimes things may go off but still see them as a blessing.
4. “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” The happier thoughts you think that happier the outside condition.
5. “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” The moment you change the way you see things, things change.
6. “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.” Thinking changes things hence you can be happy by changing your thoughts.
7. “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love .” Gratitude is the most powerful thing which you can do every morning.
8. “The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” The majority of people also in the wrong direction hence avoid them though it may appear right.
9. “Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?.” Also focus on yourself not on others.
10. “Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.” Everything is possible provided that you can imagine it and everyone can make it even you.
#8. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Ralph Emerson born 1803 was an American essayist, lecturer, poet of the 19th century. He was seen as prescient critic of countervailing pressure of society, putting his thoughts through dozens of published essays, he gave over 1,500 public lectures across the United States.
In 1836, Emerson moved away from religious and social beliefs to formulating and expressing the contemporaries of Transcendentalism in his nature.
10 Best Quotes of Ralph Emerson and their meaning.
1. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” You can’t have anything without becoming that thing spiritual.
2. “The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.” Everything is good though a man may see it as a disaster and starts to panic/fear.
3. “We are always getting ready to live but never living.” Almost 99% of people keep on preparing for Life but not living.
4. “A man is what he thinks about all day long.” You life is the average total thoughts of your life time.
5. “With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.” Everything in the future or in the past is absolutely absent, the present is only the time/thing we have.
6. “Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” Whatever you do determines your success not by chance.
7. “A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.” The more one persists, achievement becomes extraordinarily.
8. “A great man is always willing to be little.” A really great person looks on another as a fellow not someone small.
9. “To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men that is genius.” Not to have fear for another person’s thoughts but to depend on your own secretly is the most noble thing.
10. “The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without.” Most of what we are taught are certainly wrong, your decision beats them all.
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