We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
EPICTETUSAttach 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.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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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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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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