Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
EPICTETUSWe all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
More Epictetus Quotes
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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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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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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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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Only the educated are free.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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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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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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