The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
EPICTETUSThe greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
EPICTETUSIt takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
EPICTETUSIf you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
EPICTETUSIf evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
EPICTETUSProgress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
EPICTETUSNature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
EPICTETUSIf you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
EPICTETUSIf 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.
EPICTETUSGive me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
EPICTETUSThere is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
EPICTETUSBy accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
EPICTETUSMake the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
EPICTETUSFreedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
EPICTETUSPeople are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
EPICTETUSEvents do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
EPICTETUSThe world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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