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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

Epictetus

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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Attention Belong Business Concern Focus True
He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Greedy Happiness Human Nature Life
You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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Concern Creation Giving Motivational Watch Work
No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Advantage Change Happen Inspirational Matter Power
Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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Endure Introduce Life Opportunity Resource Strength
When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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Acceptance Attitude Happen Ignorance Power
It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Deep Expectation People Reality Yourself
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Grief Happiness Man Rejoice Satisfaction Wise
When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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Angry Fault Forget Man Offend Study Yourself
Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Consider Listen Need Philosophy Practice
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
Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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Accident Achievement Improvement Inspirational Luck Progress
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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Impossible Learning Man Thinking
To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Deed Inspirational Life Live Virtue
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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Company Friendship Key People Presence
If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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Defeat Fear Gain Seek Truth Victory

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

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