Epictetus

In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our life’s purpose.
-Epictetus

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
-Epictetus

To make anything a habit, do it; to not make it a habit, do not do it; to unmake a habit, do something else in place of it.
-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

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 be concerned who is watching you. The triumphs and merits of others belong to them – as do yours to you. Make the most of what you’ve got.
-Epictetus

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
-Epictetus

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

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

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. Epictetus