Epictetus Quotes
If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers. (79).Epictetus
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Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
Wayne Dyer -
You won't really get a lot of the mainstream, lovey-dovey side because that wasn't a part of my life in the beginning.
Young Buck -
We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
Rand Paul -
If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.
Zakk Wylde Black Label Society -
I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic -
Polls that have been taken by kindergarten, first- and second-grade teachers indicate that 30 percent of the kids have been deprived in some way so that they are physically unable to keep up with the class.
C. Everett Koop
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I achieved what I want to achieve and I want to continue doing something else.
Marat Safin -
Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
Mahatma Gandhi -
'Sleepless' was the first thing that came out and really gained a lot of traction online.
Flume -
All the best parts of art come from pain turned to celebration.
Natalia Kills -
The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
Barton Gellman -
Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
Dan Hill
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If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
Edith Wharton -
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
I try my damnedest to quirk up anything that I'm in.
Dallas Roberts -
I like the sudden shock of non-sequitur color. Color, in fact, is my weakness.
Babe Paley -
The amygdala plays a crucial role in processing fear, and minus her two amygdalae, S.M. became unflappable. Studies of her are actually a hoot to read, since they basically consist of scientists concocting ever-more-elaborate ways of trying to scare her.
Sam Kean -
When I left home after graduating high school, I left as a migrant agricultural worker with a Modern Library edition of Plato in my duffel bag. It sounds kind of crazy, but I loved it. I loved the stuff. Before I knew there was a subject called philosophy, I loved it.
Dallas Willard
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The Self of everyone, the Atma of everyone, the transcendental field of reality of everyone, is the same in everyone. Whether the body calls itself an American, German, Indian or Chinese, it doesn't matter.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi -
What is the system? It revolves around the banks, the system is built on the power of the banks, so it can be destroyed through the banks.
Eric Cantona -
Just being from where I'm from, a little small town, I feel like I'm a good judge of character.
Cole Swindell -
I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers.
Armistead Maupin -
Someone once said, 'Adversity introduces a man to himself.' For some reason, that's scary, but most people discover that adversity does make them stronger.
Max Cleland -
If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers. (79).
Epictetus