Epictetus Quotes
You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
Epictetus
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It hurts every day when you practice hard, but when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?
Caitlyn Jenner
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
Vanessa Minnillo
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
K. A. Applegate
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You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
Carl Honore
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The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.
Orhan Pamuk
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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Nathan Hale
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The last thing we want to do is to go into an area and inflict unnecessary civilian casualties. One is too many.
Bob Ainsworth
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Whether we're talking about books, music or film, it's all about storytelling. You get a powerful new way of connecting with people once you hear their stories.
Craig Hatkoff
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In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not.
Samuel E. Morison
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'Tell me one last thing,' said Harry. 'Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?' Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry's ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure. 'Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?'
Joanne Rowling
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
Epictetus