Epictetus Quotes

When you find that your life is out of alignment with your grandest idea of yourself, seek to change it.

Some seekers will do anything for their Self-realisation - except work for it.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

Our ideals are our better selves.

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

A man is simple when his chief care is the wish to be what he ought to be, that is honestly and naturally human.

I'm on a missionary journey to become the best version of myself.

My life motto is 'Do my best, so that I can't blame myself for anything.'

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers.

Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.

When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those kind of challenges.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

Be as you wish to seem.

Live honestly to a higher note. Life is too short. So, do the best you can and live your life to a higher note.

What do I see when I look in the mirror? One handsome man. No, I see the same person I have seen for the last 27 years: the person I believed I could be when I was a child, the person I have inspired and dreamed to be all my life, and that's the person I have seen, from being that big to as big as the roof - the same guy.

The final goal of all human endeavor is the development of the human soul.

I want to try to live my own values as consciously and purposefully as I can.

I've done everything I can in my life to be the best person I can be, and I can look in the mirror and say that.

I just want to be the greatest man that I can be while I'm alive, and in that, you have to find the truth. Find the hard truth about yourself.

The real existential challenge is to live up to your fullest potential, along with living up to your intense sense of responsibility and to be honest to yourself about what you want.

Self-improveme nt is no more God's plan than self-salvation.

Character is not the enemy of self-expression and personal freedom, it is their necessary precondition.

There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.

If we do not work for individual transformation, talking about world peace is just entertainment.