Epictetus

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

Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
– Epictetus

No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
– Epictetus

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

We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
– Epictetus

It doesn’t take much to lose everything, just a little departure from reason.
– Epictetus

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

What matters most is what sort of person you are becoming. Wise individuals care only about whom they are today and who they can be tomorrow.
– Epictetus

Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
– Epictetus

Don’t mind if others don’t share your convictions. How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be? Your nobler self cannot wait any longer.
– Epictetus