Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
EPICTETUSHave the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
More Epictetus Quotes
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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