Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Difficulty shows what men are.
Epictetus
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Epictetus
Philosopher
Epictetus of Hierapolis
Shows
Men
Difficulty
More quotes by Epictetus
If you see anybody wail and complain, call him a slave, though he be clad in purple.
Epictetus
Embrace reality. Think about what delights you - the small luxuries on which you depend, the people whom you cherish most. But remember that they have their own distinct character, which is quite a separate matter from how we happen to regard them.
Epictetus
No living being is held by anything so strongly as by its own needs. Whatever therefore appears a hindrance to these, be it brother, or father, or child, or mistress, or friend, is hated, abhorred, execrated.
Epictetus
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
Epictetus
You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
Epictetus
I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?
Epictetus
Act your part with honor.
Epictetus
You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don't be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
Epictetus
Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
Epictetus
Never depend on the admiration of others for self-satisfaction. It is a fact of life that other people, even people who love you, will not necessarily agree with your ideas, understand you always, or share your enthusiasms.
Epictetus
No living being is held by anything so strongly as its own needs.
Epictetus
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.
Epictetus
Bid a singer in a chorus, Know Thyself and will he not turn for the knowledge to the others, his fellows in the chorus, and to his harmony with them?
Epictetus
Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be or they neither are, nor appear to be or they are, and do not appear to be or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man's task.
Epictetus
When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it. It is not the things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance. Things and people are not what we wish them to be nor are they what they seem to be. They are what they are.
Epictetus
Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
Epictetus
Freedom and slavery, the one is the name of virtue, and the other of vice, and both are acts of the will.
Epictetus
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
Epictetus
On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.
Epictetus
No man is able to make progress when he is wavering between opposite things.
Epictetus
