Everything has two handles; the one soft and manageable, the other such as will not endure to be touched. If then your brother do you an injury, do not take it by the hot hard handle, by representing to yourself all the aggravating circumstances of the fact; but look rather on the soft side, and extenuate it as much as is possible, by considering the nearness of the relation, and the long friendship and familiarity between you--obligations to kindness which a single provocation ought not to dissolve. And thus you will take the accident by its manageable handle.

Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble.

Consider first the nature of the business in hand; then examine thy own nature, whether thou hast strength to undertake it.

I must die. I must be imprisoned. I must suffer exile. But must I die groaning? Must I whine as well? Can anyone hinder me from going into exile with a smile? The master threatens to chain me: what say you? Chain me? My leg you will chain--yes, but not my will--no, not even Zeus can conquer that.

It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens." Epictetus

Consider the bigger picture.....think things through and fully commit!

What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others.