No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
EPICTETUSMake the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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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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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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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 greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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