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Epictetus Inspirational Quotes (279)

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Think of God oftener than you breathe.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Pleasure, like a kind of bait, is thrown before everything which is really bad, and easily allures greedy souls to the hook of perdition.
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Although we can't control which roles are assigned to us, it must be our business to act our given role as best we possibly can and to refrain from complaining about it. Where ever you find yourself and in whatever circumstances, give an impeccable performance.
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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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Difficulty shows what men are.
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To live a life of virtue, you have to become consistent, even when it isn't convenient, comfortable, or easy.
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Whoever wants to be free, therefore, let him not want or avoid anything that is up to others. Otherwise he will necessarily be a slave.
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Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.
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Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on raw impulse.
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First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do.
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No man is able to make progress when he is wavering between opposite things.
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One of the best ways to elevate your character is to emulate worthy role models
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If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.
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It were no slight attainment could we merely fulfil what the nature of man implies.
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What hurts this person is not the occurrence itself, for another person might not feel oppressed by this situation at all. What is hurting this person is the response he or she has uncritically adopted. It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings.
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If you would be well spoken of, learn to be well-spoken and having learnt to be well- spoken, strive also to be well-doing so shall you succeed in being well spoken of.
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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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If anyone should tell you that a particular person has spoken critically of you, don't bother with excuses or defenses. Just smile and reply, I guess that person doesn't know about all my other faults. Otherwise, he wouldn't have mentioned only these.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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We should not have either a blunt knife or a freedom of speech which is ill-managed.
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What disturbs people's minds are not events but their judgments on events.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens. Epictetus
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