Below are the best quotes we could find on Stoicism and building character.
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You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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There is only one way to learn. It’s through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it’s better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you’re fighting for.
I don’t regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals.
Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.
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