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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.

Epictetus

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Control Freedom Goals Life Win Worth
I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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Attitude Damage Laugh Live Thinking
Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Account Giving Inspirational Life Positive
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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Beyong Cease Happiness Let Go Power Worry
Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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Harmony Inspirational Live Nature Rule
It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Handle Happen Inspirational Matter Reaction
It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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Attitude Control Death Fear Nature Terrible
No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Freedom Himself Inspirational Master One Liner
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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Behaviour Circumstance Expectation People Understand Wisdom
Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Abandonment Break Up Let Go Togetherness Worth
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Believe Motivational Yourself
When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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Acceptance Attitude Happen Ignorance Power
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Content Fools Improvement Stupid Want
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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Concern Creation Giving Motivational Watch Work
Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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Endure Introduce Life Opportunity Resource Strength
Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Desire Happiness Live One Liner Togetherness

A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.

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