"Difficulties are things that show a person what…" — Epictetus

"Difficulties are things that show a person what they are."

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353 Quotes by Epictetus

Epictetus has 353 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people…
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
A half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong and…
Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.
Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.
To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God
Give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price…
Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.
Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not…
The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases.
I am not eternity, but a man; a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day.
What is it to be a philosopher? Is it not to be prepared against events?

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More Difficulties Quotes

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Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge… — Mary Astell
Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties… — Sai Baba
My parents were divorced when I was a young teenager, and I was raised by a single mother after that.… — Michele Bachmann
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend… — Ethel Barrymore
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. — John Quincy Adams
My difficulties belong to me! — Alfred Adler
I am concerned because even in the past two years that were the jubilee years, I have seen evident signs… — Bhumibol Adulyadej
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. — Aesop
Classical music and pop are two different universes, each with its own difficulties, peculiarities, depth and artistic dignity. In Italy,… — Andrea Bocelli
The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of tomorrow. — William J. H. Boetcker
Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought. — Elizabeth Bowen
Out of difficulties grow miracles. — Jean de la Bruyere

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