Epictetus: If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend…
If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: “He obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned.
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- Humility is an inward disposition of a desire to grow and be better than puts you in a position to reach your full God given potential.
- Your life is not subject to your feelings, but all successful outcomes are the result of decisive action.
- Humility is not silence; it is not insecurity (not speaking up or out because you are concerned about how you might look or how people may feel about you). Humility is giving up your right to be right, for what is best overall.
- Practice the super-natural art of acting your way into a feeling rather than the natural instinct to feel your way into an action.
- You can't change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.
- The brave man thinks of himself last of all.