Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
EPICTETUSNo matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
More Epictetus Quotes
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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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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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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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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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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