Attainment Quote by Epictetus Download Open image “It were no slight attainment could we merely fulfil what the nature of man implies.” — Epictetus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Attainment Mankind Men Nature Nature of man
If nature had produced spontaneously all the objects which we desire, and in sufficient abundance for the desires of all, there would have been… — James Mill Copy Share Image
“He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it, namely, that, in order to make a man or a boy covet… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind — George Gaylord Simpson Copy Share Image
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“At present we have no clear grasp of the principle that every man should do the work for which he is fitted by nature!” — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
Nothing can be more useful to a man than a determination not to be hurried. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Man can only be what he sees himself to be, and only attain what he sees himself attaining. — Florence Scovel Shinn Copy Share Image
Civilization merely develops man's capacity for a greater variety of sensations, and ... absolutely nothing else. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
In the beginning what is necessary is to feel that there is something worthwhile to be attained otherwise we won't do it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
What we do may be small, but it has a certain character of permanence; and to have produced anything of the slightest permanent interest,… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We are at the mercy of whoever wields authority over the things we either desire or detest. If you would be free, then, do… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
If you would improve, submit to be considered wihout sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know nothing; and… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.” — Epictetus Copy Share Image
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… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Life, whether in this world or any other, is the sum of our attainment, our experience, our character. The conditions are secondary. In what… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
The Attainment of freedom, whether for a person, a nation or a world, must be in exact proportion to the attainment of nonviolence for… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
In transmitting the dharma, there is neither explanation nor teaching; there is neighter hearing nor attainment. Since explanations never really explains, nor are they… — John Daido Loori Copy Share Image
At length weariness succeeds to labor, and the mind lies at ease in the contemplation of her own attainments without any desire of new… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The mind of one meditating on a single object becomes one-pointed. And one-pointedness of mind leads to abidance in the self. Real attainment is… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Not merely by rules of conduct and religious observances, nor by much learning either, nor even by attainment of concentration, nor by sleeping alone,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The most important rules that I ever adopted to help me in achieving my goals were those I learned from a very successful man… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
Like myself, all Americans have a deep concern for the well-being of Iran. With them I have watched closely your courageous efforts, your steadfastness… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The ability to discriminate between that which is true and that which is false is one of the last attainments of the human mind. — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
The more clearly defined and keenly desired your goals, the more of your natural creativity will be released for goal attainment. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Every attainment, every step forward in knowledge, follows from courage, from hardness against oneself, from cleanliness in relation to oneself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
