Epictetus: If evil be said of thee, and if it be true, correct thyself; if it be a lie…
If evil be said of thee, and if it be true, correct thyself; if it be a lie, laugh at it.
In today’s wordsIf someone says something bad about you and it's true, fix it; if it's a lie, laugh it off.
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- Don’t be so focused on your rights, that it keeps you from doing the right thing.
- What you're not willing to do you're not able to benefit from.
- The enemy of your soul wants to mess up your small things, so he can keep you from your BIG things! Be faithful in small things!
- To be a Christian means to "be Christ-like." If you follow Christ, it will be hard to be negative. Never tolerate negativity, you're too GREAT!
- Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.
- No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether and irreclaimably depraved.