Focus on What Matters Quotes

“Instead of beating yourself up and being your own antagonist, be your own comedian.”
― Darius Foroux, Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well

“Your life shouldn’t be an accident. While most things in life are unexpected, we must continually ask ourselves, “How did I come to this point?”
― Darius Foroux, Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well

“Nothing is worth giving up your peace of mind for.”
― Darius Foroux, Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well

“As the Dalai Lama said: “I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest.”
― Darius Foroux, Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well

“Understand at last that you have something in you more powerful and divine than what causes the bodily passions and pulls you like a mere puppet.” — Marcus Aurelius”
― Darius Foroux, Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well

“We must concern ourselves absolutely with the things that are under our control and entrust the things not in our control to the universe.”
― Darius Foroux, Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well

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― Darius Foroux, Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well

“mainly due to projecting our thoughts far ahead of us instead of adapting ourselves to the present.”
― Darius Foroux, Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well

“I can imagine that many people spend their entire lives hoping for one thing after the other. It’s a good way to keep yourself busy.”
― Darius Foroux, Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well

“I don’t want to have a specific type of hope because it only causes fear. When you hope for something, you wish to have the things you want. This is not a peaceful way to live.”
― Darius Foroux, Focus on What Matters: A Collection of Stoic Letters on Living Well