45 Motivational Ovid Quotes For Success In Life

Publius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. These Ovid Quotes will motivate you.

Best Ovid Quotes

1. Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you. ~ Ovid
2. Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind and has given up worrying once and for all. ~ Ovid
3. Love is no assignment for cowards. ~ Ovid
4. What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere. ~ Ovid
5. The purpose of law is to prevent the strong always having their way. ~ Ovid

6. Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. ~ Ovid

7. A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace. ~ Ovid
8. If you are not ready today, you will be even less so tomorrow. ~ Ovid
9. “He lives well who lives retired and keeps
   His wants within the limits of his means.” ~ Ovid
10. We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings. ~ Ovid
11. There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that’s born, bears in its womb the seeds of change. ~ Ovid
12. Misfortunes often sharpen the genius. ~ Ovid

13. “My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope. ~ Ovid

14. [Lat., Et res non semper, spes mihi semper adest.]”
    Stop short of your appetite; eat less than you are able. ~ Ovid
15. Difficulty is what wakes up the genius. ~ Ovid
16. All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement. ~ Ovid
17. If you want to be loved, be lovable. ~ Ovid
18. What is without periods of rest will not endure. ~ Ovid
19. When the roses are gone, nothing is left but the thorn. ~ Ovid
20. Passion persuades me one way, reason another. I see the better and approve it, but I follow the worse. ~ Ovid
21. Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by. ~ Ovid
22. The brave find a home in every land. ~ Ovid
23. All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky. ~ Ovid
24. The result proves the wisdom of the act. ~ Ovid
25. Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop ~ Ovid

26. Nothing is stronger than habit. ~ Ovid

27. The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness. ~ Ovid
28. A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward. ~ Ovid
29. Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. ~ Ovid
30. Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm’s way. ~ Ovid
31. Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul. ~ Ovid
32. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it. ~ Ovid
33. Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour. ~ Ovid Quotes

34. Fortune and love favor the brave. ~ Ovid

35. I flee who chases me and chase who flees me. ~ Ovid
36. The bold adventurer succeeds the best. ~ Ovid
37. “Men do not value a good deed
    unless it brings a reward.” ~ Ovid
38. Beauty is a fragile gift. ~ Ovid
39. Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears. ~ Ovid
40. There is nothing in the whole world which abides. All things are in a state of ebb and flow, and every shadow passes away. Even time itself, like a river, is constantly gliding away. ~ Ovid
41. Whilst you are prosperous you can number many friends, but when the storm comes you are left alone. ~ Ovid
42. There is no excellence uncoupled with difficulties. ~ Ovid
43. Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.] ~ Ovid
44. The more they drink the more they thirst. ~ Ovid
45. I am the poet of the poor because I was poor when I loved; since I could not give gifts, I gave words. ~ Ovid
46. Venus favors the bold.

47. Happy the man who can count his sufferings. ~ Ovid

48. All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.
49. You will be melancholy if you are solitary.
50. “The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.” ~ Ovid
51. “In our play, we reveal what kind of people we are.” ~ Ovid
52. “There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.” ~ Ovid
53. “I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.” ~ Ovid
54. “Habits change into character.” ~ Ovid
55. “You will go most safely in the middle.” ~ Ovid

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