Epictetus on attitude
Epictetus94 quotes“Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.”
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
EpictetusEpictetus Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
EpictetusEpictetus It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
EpictetusEpictetus It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
EpictetusEpictetus Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
EpictetusEpictetus If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
EpictetusEpictetus If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
EpictetusEpictetus It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
EpictetusEpictetus No man is free who is not master of himself.
EpictetusEpictetus First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
EpictetusEpictetus Desire and happiness cannot live together.
EpictetusEpictetus Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
EpictetusEpictetus If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
EpictetusEpictetus We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
EpictetusEpictetus It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
EpictetusEpictetus 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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Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
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More on attitude
Be nice to nerds, they’ll probably be your boss one day.
Bill GatesBill Gates I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.
Coco ChanelCoco Chanel Don’t try to change anyone, change how you deal with them.
Post MalonePost Malone Whatever you think today becomes what you are tomorrow.
Napoleon HillNapoleon Hill I saw myself in a different light.
Post MalonePost Malone The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius What makes you different is what makes you beautiful.
I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people’s minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.