Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
EPICTETUSWhen 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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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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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 silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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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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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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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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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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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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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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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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