“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
Happiness
“We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.”
AloneAll Quotes by Epictetus
“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”
Best“Only the educated are free.”
Motivational“Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.”
Hope“It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.”
Good“If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.”
Happiness“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
Finance“Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.”
Imagination“Freedom is the right to live as we wish.”
Freedom“Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.”
Great“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.”
Communication“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.”
Hope“Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.”
Men“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”
Best“God has entrusted me with myself.”
God“Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.”
Religion“No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.”
Time“We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.”
Hope“When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.”
Anger“Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.”
Freedom