Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
EPICTETUSEvery difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
More Epictetus Quotes
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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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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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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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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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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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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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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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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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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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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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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