No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
EPICTETUSIf you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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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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