Inspirational Quotes by Epictetus

Envy is the antagonist of the fortunate.

— Epictetus

The soul is unwillingly deprived of truth.

— Epictetus

Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.

— Epictetus

“Don't live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature”

— Epictetus

Nothing great comes into being all at once.

— Epictetus

With ills unending strives the putter off.

— Epictetus

Let no man think that he is loved by any who loveth none.

— Epictetus

Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.

— Epictetus

To a longer and worse life, a shorter and better is by all means to be preferred.

— Epictetus

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.

— Epictetus

We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.

— Epictetus

Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.

— Epictetus

You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.

— Epictetus

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

— Epictetus

Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a nightingale; were I a swan, the part of a swan.

— Epictetus

Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.

— Epictetus

Whatever you would make habitual, practice it; and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom…

— Epictetus

-….when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longer”, and take your departure; but if you…

— Epictetus

A thing either is what it appears to be; or it is not, but yet appears to be; or it is, but…

— Epictetus

Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched…

— Epictetus

Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter…

— Epictetus

Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty, remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that…

— Epictetus

It is difficulties that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic…

— Epictetus

Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.

— Epictetus

“Do not afflict others with anything that you yourself would not wish to suffer. if you would not like to be a…

— Epictetus

Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.

— Epictetus

Ruin and recovering are both from within.

— Epictetus

God has made all men to be happy.

— Epictetus

You lose only the things you have

— Epictetus

Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.

— Epictetus

Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.

— Epictetus

What will the world be quite overturned when you die?

— Epictetus

Not things, but opinions about things, trouble men.

— Epictetus

Appear to know only this--never to fail nor fall.

— Epictetus

Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.

— Epictetus

You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not.

— Epictetus

Its not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

— Epictetus

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

— Epictetus

Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.

— Epictetus

It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens." Epictetus

— Epictetus