Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed evils avoided powers daily exercised careful resolutions unerring decisions.
Epictetus
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Epictetus
Philosopher
Epictetus of Hierapolis
Exercise
Evils
Philosophy
Avoided
Shall
Resolution
Decision
Powers
Show
Philosopher
Unerring
Evil
Daily
Sinews
Shows
Decisions
Resolutions
Careful
Exercised
More quotes by Epictetus
It is my business, to manage carefully and dexterously whatever happens
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
Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
Epictetus
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
Epictetus
No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
Epictetus
These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of himself or his own merits.
Epictetus
Ask yourself: Does this appearance (of events) concern the things that are within my own control or those that are not? If it concerns anything outside your control, train yourself not to worry about it.
Epictetus
What is a child? Ignorance. What is a child? Want of instruction.
Epictetus
When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’.
Epictetus
If thou rememberest that God standeth by to behold and visit all that thou doest whether in the body or in the soul, thou surely wilt not err in any prayer or deed and thou shalt have God to dwell with thee.
Epictetus
As it is pleasant to see the sea from the land, so it is pleasant for him who has escaped from troubles to think of them.
Epictetus
Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions.
Epictetus
You can be invincible, if you enter into no contest in which it is not in your power to conquer.
Epictetus
Whatever you would make habitual, practice it and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom yourself to something else.
Epictetus
Living a good life leads to enduring happiness. Goodness in and of itself is the practice AND the reward.
Epictetus
Things themselves don't hurt or hinder us. Things simply are what they are. How we view these things is another matter.People think what they will think it is of no concern to us.
Epictetus
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
Epictetus
Envy is the antagonist of the fortunate.
Epictetus
What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.
Epictetus
When you have decided that a thing ought to be done and are doing it, never avoid bein seen doing it, though many shall form an unfavorable opinion about it. For if it is not right to do it, avoid doing the thing but if it is right, why are you afraid of those who shall find fault wrongly?
Epictetus
