Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring decisions.
EpictetusA half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong and without care.
EpictetusWe must be afraid of neither poverty nor exile nor imprisonment; of fear itself only should we be afraid.
Epictetus