Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale were I a swan, the part of a swan.
Epictetus
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Epictetus
Philosopher
Epictetus of Hierapolis
Nightingale
Swan
Nightingales
Swans
Part
Would
More quotes by Epictetus
You lose only the things you have
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
It is not events that disturb the minds of men, but the view they take of them.
Epictetus
Do not so much be ashamed of that disgrace which proceeds from men's opinion as fly from that which comes from the truth.
Epictetus
Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.
Epictetus
Don't regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours.
Epictetus
Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle.
Epictetus
Exceed due measure, and the most delightful things become the least delightful.
Epictetus
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Epictetus
No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?
Epictetus
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
Epictetus
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. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror but it is not accomplished without sweat.
Epictetus
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
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
It is hard to combine and unite these two qualities, the carefulness of one who is affected by circumstances, and the intrepidity of one who heeds them not. But it is not impossible: else were happiness also impossible.
Epictetus
The origin of sorrow is this: to wish for something that does not come to pass.
Epictetus
Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them
Epictetus
If you would be a reader, read if a writer, write.
Epictetus
Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt I am of the same mind as Thou art I am Thine I refuse nothing that pleases Thee lead me where Thou wilt clothe me in any dress Thou choosest.
Epictetus
There is only one thing for which God has sent me into the world, and that is to develop every kind of virtue or strength, and there is nothing in all the world that I cannot use for this purpose.
Epictetus
