QUOTES & VERSES
Sometimes all you need is a quick word of encouragement to get you through the day. Below are some stoic quotes followed thereafter by a corresponding Bible verse to the same subject. Read, compare, memorize, or share. Enjoy.
Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
Epictetus
Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
Proverbs 19:21
Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a dead man, see what’s left as a bonus and live it according to Nature. Love the hand that fate deals you and play it as your own, for what could be more fitting?
Marcus Aurelius
11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:11-13
True happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied, for he that wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
Seneca
8Â Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,Â
9Â for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
1 Peter 1:8-9
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF MY FAVORITES...
What words of encouragement do you feed off of?
