Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
EPICTETUSIt’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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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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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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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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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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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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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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