from this instant on vowed to stop
disappointing yourself separate yourself
from the mob decide to be extraordinary
and do what you need to do now what odd
one to say then as each hardship comes I
was practicing for this I was training
for this fortify yourself with
moderation for this is an impenetrable
fortress if you want to improve be
content to be thought foolish and stupid
no great thing is created suddenly any
more than a bunch of grapes or a fate if
you tell me that you desire a fig I will
answer that there must be time let it
first blossom then bear fruit then ripen
first say to yourself what you would be
and then do what you have to do when you
are offended at any man's fault turn to
yourself and study your own failings
then you will forget your anger the
trials you encounter will introduce you
to your strengths remain steadfast and
one day you will build something that
endures something worthy of your
potential the world turns aside to let
any man pass who knows where he is going
attach yourself to what is spiritually
superior regardless of what other people
think or do hold to your true
aspirations no matter what is going on
around you
you may fare to my leg but Zeus himself
cannot get the better of my free will
seek not the good in external things
seek it in yourselves on the occasion of
every accident that befalls you remember
to turn to yourself and inquire what
power you have for turning it to use it
is the nature of the wise to resist
pleasures of the foolish to be a slave
to them
can take this moment immerse yourself in
its particulars respond to this person
this challenge this deed quit evasions
stop giving yourself needless trouble
it's time to really live if you want to
be a writer write
the key is to keep company only with
people who uplift you whose presence
calls false your best be discriminating
about what images and ideas you permit
into your mind
no man is free who is not a master of
himself
if anyone tells you that a certain
person speaks ill of you do not make
excuses about what is said of you but
answer he was ignorant of my other
faults else he would not have mentioned
these alone it is impossible to begin to
learn that which one thinks one already
knows do not seek to have events happen
as you wish or wish them to happen as
they do happen and all will be well with
you never depend on the admiration of
others there is no strength in it
personal merit cannot be derived from an
external source
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