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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

Epictetus

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Handle Happen Inspirational Matter Reaction
By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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Acceptance Fight Freedom Life Limitation Work
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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Angry Disturb Master Permit Person Yourself
If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Book Poet Reading Writing
We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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Character Control Effort Impression
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Evil Laugh Speak True Yourself
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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Aspire Extraordinary Inspirational Time Vague Wise
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.
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Alone Appearance Impression Life People Strength
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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One Liner Philosophy Reality Sustain
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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Abundance Die Fear Hunger Live Trouble
A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Anchor Hope Inspirational Life Ride Ship
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Bad Believe Goodness Improvement One Liner
Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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Authentic Condition Happiness Independence Inspirational
The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Confidence Help Inspirational One Liner Place Yourself
Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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Control Hold Inspirational Positive Stop True
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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Goals Influence Lie Life Please Purpose

The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

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