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.
EPICTETUSFirst learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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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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The best place to get help is from 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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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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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 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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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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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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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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