Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
EPICTETUSFreedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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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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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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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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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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