No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
EPICTETUSPeople are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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Only the educated are free.
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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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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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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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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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