It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
EPICTETUSWe can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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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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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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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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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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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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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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