You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
EPICTETUSNo matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
More Epictetus Quotes
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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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.
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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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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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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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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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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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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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