Stoic Quotes About Frustration: Wisdom for Clarity and Self-Mastery
Feeling stuck or blocked? These Stoic quotes help you reflect on frustration, shift your mindset, and return to clarity.
Updated on
July 17, 2025
Frustration often comes when reality refuses to match your expectations. The plans don’t work. People disappoint. Everything feels just out of reach.
These quotes were selected by Jon Filitti, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, to help you reflect when you feel stuck, blocked, or about to snap. You’ll also find them in the Stoic app’s Emotion Check-In, where they show up right when they’re most needed.
Quotes About Frustration
“Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions.”
— Marcus Aurelius
“Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
“Self-confidence is the memory of success.”
— David Storey
“Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.”
— Thomas Carlyle
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Jon Filitti is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in private practice in Dubuque, Iowa. He's been providing mental health services for over 25 years. His interests outside of counseling include writing, studying Stoicism and exploring connections between psychology and technology. His writing is intended to be educational and not to be considered a provision of therapy or counseling services.
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