Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
EPICTETUSThe best place to get help is from yourself.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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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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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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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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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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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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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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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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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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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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