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Consider the bigger picture.....think things through and fully commit!

Consider the bigger picture.....think things through and fully commit!

Epictetus
Life, Thinking, Bigger

What really frightens and dismays us is not external events themselves, but the way in which we think about them. It is not things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance.

Epictetus
Life, Thinking, Events
Epictetus, Sharon Lebell (2013). “The Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness”, p.7, Harper Collins

Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that repel us. They are directly subject to our influence.

Epictetus
Life, Desire, Opinion

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.

Epictetus
Inspirational, Life, Wish
Epictetus (2012). “Enchiridion”, p.4, Courier Corporation

Try to enjoy the great festival of life with other men!

Epictetus
Life, Men, Trying
Epictetus (2013). “The Golden Sayings of Epictetus In Plain and Simple English (Translated)”, p.3, BookCaps Study Guides

We do not choose our own parts in life, and have nothing to do with those parts. Our duty is confined to playing them well.

Epictetus
Life, Duty, Wells

Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on raw impulse.

Epictetus
Life, Steps, Looks

No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

Epictetus
Life, Patience, Time
Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.48

Even as the Sun doth not wait for prayers and incantations to rise, but shines forth and is welcomed by all: so thou also wait not for clapping of hands and shouts and praise to do thy duty; nay, do good of thine own accord, and thou wilt be loved like the Sun.

Epictetus
Life, Prayer, Hands
Epictetus (2015). “The Golden Sayings of Epictetus”, p.82, Booklassic

Ask yourself: Does this appearance (of events) concern the things that are within my own control or those that are not? If it concerns anything outside your control, train yourself not to worry about it.

Epictetus
Life, Worry, Events

Let no man think that he is loved by any who loveth none.

Epictetus
Life, Thinking, Men
Epictetus (2015). “The Golden Sayings of Epictetus”, p.82, Booklassic

In theory it is easy to convince an ignorant person; in actual life, men not only object to offer themselves to be convinced, but hate the man who has convinced them.

Epictetus
Life, Hate, Men
Epictetus (2013). “The Golden Sayings of Epictetus In Plain and Simple English (Translated)”, p.47, BookCaps Study Guides

Remember that you are in actor in a play of such a kind that the author chooses...For this is your duty, to act well the part that is given to you; but to select the part belongs to another.

Epictetus
Life, Play, Actors

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