Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
EPICTETUSCircumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
More Epictetus Quotes
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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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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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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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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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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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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