You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself. Epictetus Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/epictetus_3.html#fXoF7ffcwHGdRTZY.99 Epictetus
Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world. Epictetus
Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed. Epictetus
Nothing great 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
Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit. Epictetus
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing. Epictetus
Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return? Epictetus
We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free. Epictetus
Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort. Epictetus