You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don't be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.

An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself.

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

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do.

To know that you do not know and to be willing to admit that you do not know without sheepishly apologizing is real strength and sets the stage for learning and progress in any endeavor.

Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, �He who is content.