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

Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
– Epictetus

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
– 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

Never depend on the admiration of others for self-satisfaction. It is a fact of life that other people, even people who love you, will not necessarily agree with your ideas, understand you always, or share your enthusiasms.
– Epictetus

When you actively engage in gradually refining yourself, you retreat from your lazy ways of covering yourself or making excuses. Instead of feeling a persistent current of low-level shame, you move forward by using the creative possibilities of this moment, your current situation.
– Epictetus

It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
– Epictetus