Epictetus Quotes

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor, even in death, on the American Name.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.

out of the greatest dangers, communities and individuals acquire the greatest glory.

Everyone has faced something; some struggles are more heroic than others.

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

It always seems impossible until its done.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Successful people are not interesting. I feel for the losers. That's where my heart lies.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

Greatness comes from fear. Fear can either shut us down and we go home, or we fight through it.

Be brave if you lose and meek if you win.

You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.

The result showed that fortune helps the brave.

She who succeeds in gaining the mastery of the bicycle will gain the mastery of life.

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.