Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
EPICTETUSWhat concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Only the educated are free.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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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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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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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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