The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
EPICTETUSTo live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
More Epictetus Quotes
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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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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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 more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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Only the educated are free.
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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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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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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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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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