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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.

Epictetus

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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Ears Giving Hear Nature Speak Tongue
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Attitude Concern Human Nature People Thinking
Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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Alone Appearance Impression Life People Strength
Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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Adopt Association Attitude Negative People Trouble
We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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Character Control Effort Impression
Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Explanation Express Philosophy
The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Happiness Liberty Life People Right Truth
It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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Body Goodness Heart Inspirational Look Soul
If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Book Poet Reading Writing
Books are the training weights of the mind.
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Book Mind One Liner Training Weight
A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Anchor Hope Inspirational Life Ride Ship
It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Handle Happen Inspirational Matter Reaction
Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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Acceptance Demand Expectation Happen Peace Possible
I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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Attitude Damage Laugh Live Thinking
When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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Attention Character Giving Inspirational Ourselves
The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Confidence Help Inspirational One Liner Place Yourself

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.

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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.

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