62 result(s) for Epictetus Quotes.
"He who laughs at the right moment shows good judgment."
"Make the best use of what is in your power and take the rest as it happens."
"Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to the will, unless that will wants to be unhealthy."
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult."
"Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater."
"Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you, and be silent."
"Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them."
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"Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man."
"It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows."
"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."
"Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose."
"It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them."
"How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?"
"If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means."
"We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak."
"To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education."
"Remember, it is not enough to be hit or insulted to be harmed, you must believe that you are being harmed. If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation."
"A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope."
"No man is free who is not master of himself."
"He is a good man who can receive a benefit and return one."
"Watch, listen, and learn. You can't know it all yourself. Anyone who thinks they do is destined for mediocrity."
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"He has the most who is most content with the least."
"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."
"Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them."
"Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power."
"Difficulties are the things that show what men are."
"Freedom is the right to live as we wish."
"You become what you give your attention to."
"Don't seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will—then your life will flow well."
"God has entrusted me with myself."
"Character is destiny."
"Just as one person delights in improving his farm, so I delight in attending to my own improvement."
"No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself."
"Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty, remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil."
"The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it."
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"Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person."
"He is a wise man who does everything right at the time it should be done."
"He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at."
"Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish, but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life."
"Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words."
"No great thing is created suddenly."
"Epictetus said that difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. For what purpose? That you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat."
"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."
"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
"Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it."
"First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do."
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."
"Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."
"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid."
"It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows."
"Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself."
"Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control."
"It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens."
"If you wish to be a writer, write."
"No man is free who is not a master of himself."
"Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not."
"He is a true fugitive who flies from reason."
"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."
"Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things."
"It's time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet."
"Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems."
"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."
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