Epictetus
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
No man is free who is not master of himself.
Only the educated are free.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
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There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
Your level of brilliance will determine the size of your opportunities in life.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.
Is it just me or is the grim reaper a straight-up hottie ?
Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
Somebody stop me !
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
You only get out what you put in.
Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.
Life is what you make it.
If you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
Give all to love.
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
What do they think I am, dumb or something ? Why, I make more money than Calvin Coolidge ! Put together !
If it is to be it is up to me.
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
Each day I love you more, today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.
The worst part of life is waiting. The best part of life is having someone worth waiting for.
No disguise can long conceal love where it exists, or long feign it where it is lacking.
Go ahead, make my day.
Be who you are in every situation.
Woody, I know what your problem is. You're just like me. Trash !
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
Remember, there is no situation so completely hopeless that something constructive can not be done about it. When faced with a minus, ask yourself what you can do to make it a plus. A person practicing this attitude will extract undreamed-of outcomes from the most unpromising situations. Realize that there are no hopeless situations, there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
Courage is a moral quality , it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit , an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will. Courage is will power.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
All power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak, do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you. Truth is eternal.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
You don't understand ! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.
Love, a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
Practice makes perfect.
You are what you think about all day long.
Commit yourself to a dream nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone.
What's another word for thesaurus ?
Truth fears no questions.
May no gift be too small to give, nor too simple to receive, which is wrapped in thoughtfulness and tied with love.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Be strong ! You talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid ! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it ! There is salvation only for the brave. "None but the brave deserves the fair". None but the bravest deserves salvation.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.
Fortune favors the brave.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so, but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
Love is the universal thirst for a communion not merely of the senses, but of our whole nature.
How do you live ?
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
Live life to the fullest.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
That'll do, pig. That'll do.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in.
We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.
Many hands make light work.
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
We have to go back to philosophy to treat things as they are. We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of god. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should god be blamed ?
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
Ask yourself : 'Do I feel the need to laminate ? ' Then teaching is for you.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.