Quote

First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do.

Epictetus

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Epictetus
Philosopher
Epictetus of Hierapolis
Firsts
Need
First
Needs
Tell

More quotes by Epictetus

Image
An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.
Epictetus
Image
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
Image
You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not.
Epictetus
Image
Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent.
Epictetus
Image
Difficulty shows what men are.
Epictetus
Image
I am always content with what happens for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.
Epictetus
Image
It is my business, to manage carefully and dexterously whatever happens
Epictetus
Image
Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems
Epictetus
Image
A thing either is what it appears to be or it is not, but yet appears to be or it is, but does not appear to be or it is not, and does not appear to be.
Epictetus
Image
If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.
Epictetus
Image
No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
Epictetus
Image
With ills unending strives the putter off.
Epictetus
Image
We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
Epictetus
Image
When a man is proud because he can understand and explain the writings of Chrysippus, say to yourself, 'if Chrysippus had not written obscurely, this man would have had nothing to be proud of.'
Epictetus
Image
No living being is held by anything so strongly as its own needs.
Epictetus
Image
It is difficulties that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic trainer, has pitted you against a rough antagonist. For what end? That you may be an Olympic conqueror and this cannot be without toil.
Epictetus
Image
A soul that makes virtue its companion is like an over-flowing well, for it is clean and pellucid, sweet and wholesome, open to all, rich, blameless and indestructible.
Epictetus
Image
No man is free who is not master of himself... Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose?
Epictetus
Image
The origin of sorrow is this: to wish for something that does not come to pass.
Epictetus
Image
We should not have either a blunt knife or a freedom of speech which is ill-managed.
Epictetus