Epictetus Quotes

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

To the stars through thorns.

Everyone has faced something; some struggles are more heroic than others.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.

I don't care who you are, life has challenges.

Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.

I don't ever remember overcoming adversities.

Everybody has their struggles.

It is so easy to be pleasant and charming and positive when life is going swimmingly well. You are winning. You are healthy. You are happy. But what happens when life throws darts at you?

I think everyone has to have their mettle tested in a tough fight.

Whoever lives sincerely and encounters much trouble and disappointment without being bowed down is worth more than one who has always sailed before the wind and has only known prosperity.

Life is not for the faint of heart.

Strength and struggle travel together.

Adversity creates heroes.

Hardships make or break people.

What a testing of character adversity is.

A true champion is not judged by how much he or she is admired, but by how well they can stand at the face of adversity.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

You don't always get stronger on the days that everything comes easily to you.

Everything's been a struggle for me.

These are the times that try men's souls.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.