People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them. ― Epictetus

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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. ― Epictetus

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Pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. – Paulo Coelho

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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems ― Epictetus

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What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. — Ralph Marston

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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. ― Epictetus

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Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. -Saint Augustine

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Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.- Immanuel Kant

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It is only when we take chances that our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk we need to take is to become honest. —Walter Anderson

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A mathematical formula for happiness: reality divided by expectations. There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations. — Jodi Picoult

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