Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
EPICTETUSWe all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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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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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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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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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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