Epictetus Quotes About Difficulty

Quotes about: Difficulty

• The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

  Epictetus

  Positive, Encouraging, Uplifting

• Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

  Epictetus

  Philosophical, Difficulty, Shows

• Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.

  Epictetus

  Opportunity, Inward, Trials

• It is difficulties that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic trainer, has pitted you against a rough antagonist. For what end? That you may be an Olympic conqueror; and this cannot be without toil.

  Epictetus

  Inspirational, Men, Religion

  "Epictetus: Discourses and Enchiridion".

• Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.

  Epictetus

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Fall

  Epictetus (2009). “The Enchiridion, or Handbook: With A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus”, p.41, The Floating Press

• It is difficulties that show what men are.

  Epictetus

  Life, Courage, Men

  Epictetus (1967). “The Discourses as Reported by Arrian: The Manual, and Fragments”

• Men are not worried by things, but by their ideas about things. When we meet with difficulties, become anxious or troubled, let us not blame others, but rather ourselves. That is: our ideas about things.

  Epictetus

  Men, Ideas, Blame

• Nothing great comes into being all at once.

  Epictetus

  Coping, Difficulty

  Epictetus (2014). “Discourses, Fragments, Handbook”, p.66, OUP Oxford

• Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to your ability to choose, unless that is your choice. Lameness is a hindrance to the leg, but not to your ability to choose. Say this to yourself with regard to everything that happens, then you will see such obstacles as hindrances to something else, but not to yourself.

  Epictetus

  Responsibility, Choices, Body

  Epictetus (2012). “The Handbook of Epictetus”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

• Never say of anything I have lost it, only say that I have given it back.

  Epictetus

  Coping, Lost, Given

• Each man's life is a kind of campaign, and a long and complicated one at that. You have to maintain the character of a soldier, and do each separate act at the bidding of the General.

  Epictetus

  Character, Men, Long

  Epictetus (1967). “Epictetus: the Discourses as reported by Arrian, the Manual, and fragments”

• Difficulty shows what men are.

  Epictetus

  Men, Difficulty, Shows

• There are some things which men confess with ease, and others with difficulty.

  Epictetus

  Adversity, Men, Ease

  Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.168

• Lampis the ship owner, on being asked how he acquired his great wealth, replied, My great wealth was acquired with no difficulty, but my small wealth, my first gains, with much labor.

  Epictetus

  Ships, Gains, Firsts

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