Epictetus was a Stoic philosopher. Stoicism is the belief that the individual is wholly responsible for his or her interpretations of circumstance and that all of life is natural and normal in spite of one’s impressions. To the Stoics, ‘philosophy’ was synonymous with life.

Epictetus Quotes

From this Instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself, Seperate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary, and do what you need to do now!

Fortify yourself with moderation, for this is an impenetrable fortress.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

First say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do.

When you are offended by any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths.

Remain steadfast and one day you will build something that endures, something worthy of your potential.

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

Seek not the good in external things, seek it in yourself.

On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

If you want to be a writer, write.

No man is free, who is not a master of himself.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence call forth your best

Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind.

Don’t seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.

Never depend on the admiration of others. There is no strength in it, personal merit cannot be derived from an external source.
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Seneca was a Roman philosopher, statesman, orator, and tragedian. He was Rome’s leading intellectual figure in the mid-1st century CE.

Seneca Quotes

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, to rest satisfied in what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so, wants nothing

We all sorely complain of the shortness of time and yet there is more time then we know what to do with. Our lives are either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few and acting as though there would be no end to them.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials

The bravest side in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

Every night before going to sleep we must ask ourselves, what weakness did I overcome today, what virtue did I acquire.

Life is never incomplete if it is an honorable one, at whatever point you leave life, if you leave it in the right way it is whole.

We suffer more often in imagination then in reality, you want to live, do you know how to live, you are scared of dying, but tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different to being dead.

Man is affected not by events, but by the view he takes of them.

Sometimes even to live, is an act of courage.

If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you’re needing is not to be in a different place, but to be a different person.

Hang on to your youthful enthusiasm, you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is POOR.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.