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.
EPICTETUSNo great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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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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Difficulty shows what men are.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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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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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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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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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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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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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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