Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
EPICTETUSGive me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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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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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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