Epictetus

"You are not your body or your possessions; you are your will."

"The only true failure is giving up."

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."

"Happiness does not reside in gold, but in a contented mind."

"What matters is not what happens to you, but how you react to it."

"A slave in Rome is no more a slave than a king is a king."

"The quality of life is determined by the quality of the questions you ask yourself."

"Freedom is the only worthy goal in life."

"Your peace of mind is your greatest treasure."

"The art of living well is knowing when to hold on and when to let go."

"Let silence be your friend, not your enemy."

"The real victory is defeating your own mind."

"It is not things that trouble us, but our judgments about things."

"You are not responsible for the world's opinion of you, but you are responsible for your own."

"The mind is not naturally constrained by iron chains, but by false beliefs."

"When you wake up in the morning, think of what precious privilege it is to be alive."

"Sickness is an impediment to the body, but not to the will, unless the will itself chooses it."

"The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires."

"You will make progress when you stop judging others and start judging your own actions."

"Providence has given us our senses as tools of discernment."

"Refuse to entertain thoughts of failure, and failure will lose its power."

"The path to freedom begins with telling yourself the truth about your bondage."

"If you would improve, be content to seem foolish in the eyes of others."

"Fortune cannot change what is under your control; this is your true possession."

"Do not seek for things to happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do."

"We suffer not from the events in our lives, but from our judgments about them."

"The greatest discovery of all is that a person can change their own nature."

"Where are you hurrying? Into the grave. Is there no rest for you on the journey?"

"True progress consists in changing your opinions, not merely acquiring new knowledge."

"If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly, but the good endures."