The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
EPICTETUSEvents do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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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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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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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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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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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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