Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
EPICTETUSIt is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
More Epictetus Quotes
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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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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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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