When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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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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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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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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Only the educated are free.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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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 religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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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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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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