Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
EPICTETUSIf you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
More Epictetus Quotes
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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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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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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