Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
EPICTETUSWe all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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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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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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