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Trying Quotes by Epictetus
- If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: 'He obviously does not know me…
- Try to enjoy the great festival of life with other men!
- Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
- Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you…
- Watch yourself as you go about your daily business and later reflect on what you saw, trying to identify the sources of distress in your…
- Do not try to seem wise to others.
- To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. Individuals,…
- Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new.
More Trying Quotes
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- Out of hate, if you try to love that love will just be a hidden hate; it cannot be anything else-you are… — Rajneesh
- One of the great thing that A Christian can do is to draw closer to GOD inspite of all the hindrances. I… — Pacifiersucker
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty in themselves,… — Kevyn Aucoin
- I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell. — Alan Ball