The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
EPICTETUSDon’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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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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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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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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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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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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