Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
EPICTETUSSmall-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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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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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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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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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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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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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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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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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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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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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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