EPICTETUS BEST QUOTES

“What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.”

“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”

“It is not things themselves that trouble us, but our opinions about things.”

“Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.”

“No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.”

“Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.”

“If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”

“He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.” MARK TWAIN QUOTES ON WORK

“If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer: ‘He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.'”

“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”

“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”

“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”

“Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”

“Let death and exile, and all other things which appear terrible be daily before your eyes, but death chiefly; and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything.”

“Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.”

“Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.”

“When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings.”

“Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the Author chooses—if short then in a short one, if long then in a long one. If it be his pleasure that you should enact a poor man, or a cripple, or a ruler, or a private citizen, see that you act it well. For this is your business—to act well the given part, but to choose it belongs to Another.”