10 inspirational epictetus quotes on success

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
It is your own convictions which compels you; that is, choice compels choice.
He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.
It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
He who is free in the body, but bound in the soul is a slave; but on the contrary he who is bound in the body, but free in the soul, is truly free.
Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle. Some things are within your control. And some things are not.
What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practicing for this, I was training for this.