The best place to get help is from yourself.
EPICTETUSOnly the educated are free.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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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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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Only the educated are free.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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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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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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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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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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