It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
EPICTETUSAuthentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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