When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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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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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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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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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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