Epictetus Quotes

Development is not that you make bridges, buildings or put marble floors in your house. Real development is building moral character of youth.

Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat; Of habits devil, is angel yet in this.

If you continue this simple practice every day, you will obtain some wonderful power. Before you attain it, it is something wonderful, but after you attain it, it is nothing special.

A really good style comes only when a man has become as good as he can be. Style is character. A good style cannot come from a bad undisciplined character.

Character is perfectly educated will.

The walls of that grand edifice called a good character have to be worked at during life.

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.

Habits change into character.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that.

The highest qualities of character... must be earned.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

Every day, we have to strive to be better people. Some days we give in to weakness, and sometimes we give in to strength.

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

Character is a journey, not a destination.

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities

I will form good habits and become their slave. And how will I accomplish this difficult feat? Through these scrolls it will be done, for each scroll contains a principle which will drive a bad habit from my life and replace it with one which will bring me closer to success.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.

We must get to the point in our lives. What is the point? To become a new kind of man or woman, having inner command and outer excellence.

Having faith allows me to try to be the best person I can be.

It's very difficult to regulate yourself, and if you learn to do that, well, it starts to spill over.

Character building is one of my favourite things to do.

All your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be in vain, if at the same time you do not build your character, and attain mastery over your thoughts and actions.

The best way to create spectacular results in the most important areas of your life is through daily practice

I believe that persistent effort, supported by a character-based foundation, will enable you to get more of the things money will buy and all of the things money won't buy.