Epictetus Most Famous Motivational and Inspirational Life Changing Quotes About Life

 Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher who lived from 55 AD to 135 AD. He is known for his teachings on ethics, self-discipline, and personal responsibility. 

Here are Epictetus Most Famous Motivational and Inspirational Life Changing Quotes About Life:

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

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

"No great 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."

"If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write."

"If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, 'He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.'"

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

"We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak."

"If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your integrity. If you need a witness, be your own."

"It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows."

"Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire."

"Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater."

"It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death."

"No one ever finds life worth living – one has to make it worth living."

"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."

"Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself."

"It is impossible for a man to be robbed of anything which he has not first acquired."

"Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak."

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

"It is not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us."

"If you want to be a writer, write."

"What concerns me is not the way things are, but the way people think things are."

"Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it."

"Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."

"We are not given a good life or a bad life. We are given a life. It's up to us to make it good or bad."

"If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it."

"The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have."

"A wise man is he who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

"He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at."

"Know first who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly."