Inspirational Quotations by Epictetus
- It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
- First say to yourself what you would be;
and then do what you have to do.
- There is only one way to happiness
and that is to cease worrying about things
which are beyond the power of our will.
- Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment
of what is desired, but by controlling that desire.
- A ship ought not to be held by one anchor, nor life by a singe hope.
- Difficulties show men what they are.
In case of any difficulty remember that God has
pitted you against a rough antagonist that you
may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.
- What ought one to say then as each hardship comes?
I was practicing for this, I was training for this.
- It is no easy thing for a principle to become a man's own unless each day he maintains it and works it out in his life.
- We are not troubled by things, but by the opinion which we have of things.
- Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to a humble and grateful mind.