Ruin and recovering are both from within.
EPICTETUSNo matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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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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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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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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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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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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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