Epictetus

Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.
-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

Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
-Epictetus

Books are the training weights of the mind.
-Epictetus

Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
-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

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do — NOW.
-Epictetus

Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
-Epictetus

Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
-Epictetus