--- title: "14 Difficulty Quotes By Epictetus" description: "14 Difficulty quotes by Epictetus. Plus more from Epictetus and more Difficulty sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/epictetus-413_adversity_difficulty-shows-what-men-are-1761865_1761865.jpg" --- > [Difficulty shows what men are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/difficulty-shows-what-men-are/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/epictetus-413_adversity_difficulty-shows-what-men-are-1761865_1761865.jpg) > [It is difficulties that show what men are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/it-is-difficulties-that-show-what-men-are/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/epictetus-413_adversity_it-is-difficulties-that-show-what-men-ar_585415.jpg) > [Nothing great comes into being all at once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/nothing-great-comes-into-being-all-at-once/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/epictetus-413_comes_nothing-great-comes-into-being-all-at-on_2953909.jpg) > [There are some things which men confess with ease, and others with difficulty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/there-are-some-things-which-men-confess-with-ease-and-others-with/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/epictetus-413_adversity_there-are-some-things-which-men-confess_2915083.jpg) > [Never say of anything I have lost it, only say that I have given it back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/never-say-of-anything-i-have-lost-it-only-say-that-i-have-given-it/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/epictetus-413_coping_never-say-of-anything-i-have-lost-it-onl_2844031.jpg) > [Each man's life is a kind of campaign, and a long and complicated one at that. You have to maintain the character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/each-man-s-life-is-a-kind-of-campaign-and-a-long-and-complicated-one/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/epictetus-413_bidding_each-man-s-life-is-a-kind-of-campaign-an_2341373.jpg) > [Lampis the ship owner, on being asked how he acquired his great wealth, replied, My great wealth was acquired with no difficulty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/lampis-the-ship-owner-on-being-asked-how-he-acquired-his-great-wealth/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/epictetus-413_difficulty_lampis-the-ship-owner-on-being-asked-how_739431.jpg) > [The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/the-greater-the-difficulty-the-more-glory-in-surmounting-it-skillful/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea3/epictetus-413_adversity_the-greater-the-difficulty-the-more-glor_472185.jpg) > [Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty, remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/difficulties-show-men-what-they-are-in-case-of-any-difficulty/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/epictetus-413_adversity_difficulties-show-men-what-they-are-in-c_2607662.jpg) > [Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/every-difficulty-in-life-presents-us-with-an-opportunity-to-turn/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/epictetus-413_adversity_every-difficulty-in-life-presents-us-wit_1536432.jpg) > [Men are not worried by things, but by their ideas about things. When we meet with difficulties, become anxious or troubled, let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/men-are-not-worried-by-things-but-by-their-ideas-about-things-when-we/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/epictetus-413_anxious_men-are-not-worried-by-things-but-by-the_2182355.jpg) > [It is difficulties that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/it-is-difficulties-that-show-what-men-are-for-the-future-in-case-of/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/epictetus-413_adversity_it-is-difficulties-that-show-what-men-ar_3152666.jpg) > [Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to your ability to choose, unless that is your choice. Lameness is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/sickness-is-a-hindrance-to-the-body-but-not-to-your-ability-to-choose/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2c/epictetus-413_ability_sickness-is-a-hindrance-to-the-body-but_2455005.jpg) > [Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/difficulty-shows-what-men-are-therefore-when-a-difficulty-falls-upon/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b47/epictetus-413_accomplished_difficulty-shows-what-men-are-therefore_1036208.jpg) ## Other authors on Difficulty ## More by Epictetus > [“We are at the mercy of whoever wields authority over the things we either desire or detest. If you would be free, then, do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/we-are-at-the-mercy-of-whoever-wields-authority-over-the-things-we/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/practice-yourself-for-heaven-s-sake-in-little-things-and-then-proceed/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/do-not-laugh-much-or-often-or-unrestrainedly/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/when-men-are-unhappy-they-do-not-imagine-they-can-ever-cease-to-be-so/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/we-are-not-disturbed-by-what-happens-to-us-but-by-our-thoughts-about/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [Don't be prideful with any excellence that is not your own](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/don-t-be-prideful-with-any-excellence-that-is-not-your-own/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/you-know-yourself-what-you-are-worth-in-your-own-eyes-and-at-what/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/crows-pick-out-the-eyes-of-the-dead-when-the-dead-have-no-longer-need/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/as-a-man-casting-off-worn-out-garments-taketh-new-ones-so-the-dweller/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [If you would improve, submit to be considered wihout sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know nothing; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/if-you-would-improve-submit-to-be-considered-wihout-sense-and-foolish/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [“For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/for-it-is-not-death-or-pain-that-is-to-be-feared-but-the-fear-of-pain/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [What else can I do, a lame old man, but sing hymns to God? If I were a nightingale, I would do the nightingale's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/what-else-can-i-do-a-lame-old-man-but-sing-hymns-to-god-if-i-were-a/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [People are disturbed not by things, but by the view they take of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/people-are-disturbed-not-by-things-but-by-the-view-they-take-of-them-2/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [“Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/small-minded-people-blame-others-average-people-blame-themselves-the/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/all-philosophy-lies-in-two-words-sustain-and-abstain/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/difficulty/epictetus/#itemlist", "name": "14 Difficulty Quotes By Epictetus", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Difficulty shows what men are.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Epictetus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/difficulty-shows-what-men-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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