We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
EPICTETUSRenew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
More Epictetus Quotes
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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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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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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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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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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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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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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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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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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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