Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Epictetus Quotes
EducationAccountabilityPersonal GrowthWisdom To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.
HappinessContentmentAppreciationTrue Wealth Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
ListeningCommunication We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
HappinessSelf-RelianceInner Peace The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
HappinessLetting GoAcceptance There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Self-knowledgeAuthenticitySelf-acceptance Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
Self-awarenessHumilitySelf-improvement If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
ReligionTreasureSacrificePriorities Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.
ToleranceIndividualityFaithPersonal Journey All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
ImprovementHumilityLearningSelf-acceptance If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
Self-AwarenessHumilityAnger When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
PerceptionAttitudePerspective Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
WisdomSelf-controlDiscipline It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
ForgivenessBrotherhoodRelationship If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.
ExcellenceAmbition One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
PurposeDirectionConfidenceDeterminationSuccess The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
TriumphExcellenceSkill DevelopmentPerseveranceInner Strength The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
GrowthPatienceDevelopment 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.
ReactionResponseControlMindsetResilience It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
AcceptanceAlignmentRealitySurrenderWisdom Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.
PracticeIncremental ImprovementGrowthMasterySelf-Discipline Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
Inner StrengthHeartSoul It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
FreedomControlSelf-ControlDisciplineModeration Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
ContentmentGratitudeAbundance vs ScarcityInner PeaceStrength He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
Self-ReflectionActionPurposeDeterminationPersonal Growth First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
CourageMental StateResilienceAcceptanceFear It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
DependenceStabilitySecurityResilience Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
LearningKnowledgeSelf-AwarenessObstacleHumility It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.
EducationWisdomHopeIgnoranceValue Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
CommunicationRestraintBrevity Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
FreedomLiving AuthenticallyPersonal ChoiceAutonomy Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
Gradual GrowthTimingPatienceFruitful ProcessGrowth Stages 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.
LossReturnTransienceAcceptanceLetting Go 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?
AngerHabit FormationMoralityConsequenceSelf-Control Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
Self-ControlSelf-MasteryConsequenceInner Strength Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.