Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.

Seneca the Younger

• Attention
• Improvement
• Example
• Following
• Craving
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• I'm a big believer if you want to change people's minds or get someone to vote for you, either a voter or a colleague, you've got to first get their attention.

  

  Aaron Schock
  • People
  • Change
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• The navigation of our inland waters has for years been sought in vain by foreign countries, and if we grant the privilege to Russia, other States will be guided in their demands by her example.

  

  Zhang Zhidong
  • Example
  • Privilege
  • Russia

• It's a really scary thing, having your dreams come true and seeing everything you ever wanted happening, getting the attention for it and then not knowing how to handle it properly.

  

  Samaire Armstrong
  • True
  • Attention
  • Dreams

• Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anybody.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • Powerful
  • Advice
  • Example

• I am a control freak. I am very hands on and pay attention to details.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • Control
  • Attention
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• Every true, eternal problem is an equally true, eternal fault; every answer an atonement, every realisation an improvement.

  

  Otto Weininger
  • True
  • Problem
  • Improvement

• I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out.

  

  J. Cole
  • Know
  • Attention
  • Care

• My only way of getting my uncles' attention or aunts' attention or whoever's attention was by dancing and singing around the house.

  

  Becky G
  • House
  • Attention
  • Singing

• I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it.

  

  Zac Efron
  • People
  • Why
  • Bad

• I think that educators are in sales. Essentially, what you are doing is making an exchange with your class. You're saying, 'Give me your attention. In exchange, I'll give you something else.' The cash register is not ringing. It's not denominated in dollars or cents or euros, but it is a form of sales in a way. It is an exchange.

  

  Dan Pink
  • Think
  • Attention
  • Saying

• Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly - young and old, faithful and cynical - as has Pope Francis.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • World
  • Attention
  • Player

• I transitioned into theater and acting when I was about 9, community theater and musicals, being, like, chorus-kid-number-78 or whatever. But I just loved it. As a kid you just crave attention, and early on I just felt it was so cool and fun to play around and have people clap for me. But eventually I grew up and fell deeper into it.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • Attention
  • Loved
  • Theater

• The professionals must set a good example.

  

  A. Bartlett Giamatti
  • Good
  • Example
  • Good Example

• Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.

  

  Nadia Boulanger
  • Life
  • Trying
  • Attention

• In the '50s and '60s, the life of a gay man was a secret. Homosexuality was illegal, so you didn't draw attention to yourself.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Life
  • Man
  • Attention

• As an actor you're used to being the focus of attention.

  

  Yasmine Bleeth
  • Attention
  • Focus
  • Actor

• Now, being one who lived in the era of Obama, there are so many markers of improvement made. It's hard to be mindful of that, in the same way you're going, 'Oh everything's cool now!' and it isn't. But I try to be mindful of how much of an improvement there has been because that gives hope. You need hope. I need hope!

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Hope
  • Cool
  • Improvement

• For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Attention
  • Serious
  • Young

• Brittany can hardly claim the attention of the tourist as a superlatively beautiful country. The way in which trees are clipped and tortured out of shape disfigures the sylvan landscape; and of mountain scenery, there is none.

  

  Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Country
  • Beautiful
  • Attention

• Reviewers are certainly entitled to their own opinions. I've become buddies with enough writers and directors, and to be perfectly honest, the ones that have lasted a long time don't pay a lot of attention to the reviews.

  

  Evan Daugherty
  • Attention
  • Directors
  • Opinions

• When I was 16, I was taught by a wonderful teacher who let me ignore the Greek syllabus and just read Homer.

  

  Alice Oswald
  • Teacher
  • Ignore
  • Greek

• There are a lot of things I can take, and a few that I can't. What I can't take is when my older brother, who's everything that I want to be, starts losing faith in things. I saw that look in your eyes last night. I don't ever want to see that look in your eyes again.

  

  M. Night Shyamalan
  • Night
  • Faith
  • Eyes

• 'It doesn't matter,' WisestFrog answered. 'You knew that the thoughts were beneath you and you felt small. And here in the Land of the Gods, everything is so creative that your thoughts may give results you don't expect at all. But you really have no problem. Just think big yourself bigger. Go ahead, think a big thought.'

  

  Jane Roberts
  • May
  • Small
  • Thoughts

• Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Attention
  • Improvement
  • Example