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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.

Epictetus

Difficulty shows what men are.
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Character Difficult Men One Liner
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.
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Endure Introduce Life Opportunity Resource Strength
It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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Business Finish Motivational Patience Start Success
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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Behaviour Circumstance Expectation People Understand Wisdom
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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Angry Disturb Master Permit Person Yourself
Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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Moments Patience Reaction Situation Try Yourself
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.
EPICTETUS

Aspire Extraordinary Inspirational Time Vague Wise
A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Anchor Hope Inspirational Life Ride Ship
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Evil Laugh Speak True Yourself
It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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Body Goodness Heart Inspirational Look Soul
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Attitude Concern Human Nature People Thinking
Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Consider Listen Need Philosophy Practice
Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Account Giving Inspirational Life Positive
No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Advantage Change Happen Inspirational Matter Power
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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Defeat Fear Gain Seek Truth Victory
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Goodness Learning Manner Speak

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.

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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.

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