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.
EPICTETUSOther people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
More Epictetus Quotes
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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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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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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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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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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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