Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
EPICTETUSAnything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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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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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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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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 greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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