Quotes about Acceptance
Do not wish that all things will go well with you, but that you will go well with all things.
— Epictetus
It is much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion and unchecked desire.
— Epictetus
Never say of anything that I've lost it, only that Ive given it back.
— Epictetus
For your part, do not adopt any air of superiority. Mind your own business, keep busy with the work you are best suited for, and play well the part the Author has given you.
— Epictetus
Man, the rational animal, can put up with anything except what seems to him irrational; whatever is rational is tolerable.
— Epictetus
So in the field of assent you cannot be hindered or obstructed. 'Evidently.
— Epictetus
I must be exiled; but is there anything to keep me from going with a smile, calm and self-composed?
— Epictetus
It is for you to arrange your priorities; but whatever you decide to do, don't do it resentfully, as if you were being imposed on.
— Epictetus
End the habit of despising things that are not within your power
— Epictetus
Continually remind yourself that you are a mortal being, and someday will die.
— Epictetus
No, I cannot escape death, but at least I can escape the fear of it — or do I have to die moaning and groaning too?
— Epictetus
You cannot choose the era, nationality, family, and body into which you are born. But to act well in your given role—this is your sphere of power.
— Epictetus