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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.

Epictetus

Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Appointment Arrive Business Event Happen
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
People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Disturb Human Nature Imagination People
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
We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Believe Confidence Faith Inspirational Time
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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Angry Fault Forget Man Offend Study Yourself
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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Breathe Conservation Eat God Preference Thinking
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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Attention Belong Business Concern Focus True
Difficulty shows what men are.
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Character Difficult Men One Liner
Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Average Blame Character Foolish People Wise
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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Goals Influence Lie Life Please Purpose
Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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Arise Control Neglect Power Suffering Try
It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Attitude Insult Let Go Opinion Philosophy Strike
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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Demand Happen Inspirational Satisfaction
All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Acceptance Heaven Life Man Religion Tolerance
Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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Angry Disturb Master Permit Person Yourself

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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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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