Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
EPICTETUSIt’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
More Epictetus Quotes
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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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 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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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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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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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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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