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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.

Epictetus

We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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Character Control Effort Impression
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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Demand Happen Inspirational Satisfaction
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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Company Friendship Key People Presence
People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Disturb Human Nature Imagination People
The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Difficult Motivational Pilot Reputation Skill Storm
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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Body Cure Die Live Necessary Soul
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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Attention Choose Expose Giving Self Love Yourself
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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Acceptance Demand Expectation Happen Peace Possible
No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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Business Entrepreneur Giving Inspirational Patience Time
It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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Abundance Die Fear Hunger Live Trouble
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
Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Effort Exercise Motivational One Liner Outcome Work Hard
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Believe Motivational Yourself
If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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Defeat Fear Gain Seek Truth Victory
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Grief Happiness Man Rejoice Satisfaction Wise
Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Desire Happiness Live One Liner Togetherness

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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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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