“If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.””
"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
- Epictetus
Contentment
""First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.""
- Epictetus
Inspiration
"It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."
- Epictetus
Overcoming Obstacles
"We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak."
- Epictetus
Teamwork
"The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests."
- Epictetus
Courage
"The worth of a person lies in their character, not in their looks."
- Beauty and the Beast
Integrity
"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Integrity
"Be content to act, and leave the talking to others."
- Baltasar Gracian
Integrity
"Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care."
- Hachiman Hikigaya
Integrity
"What is right? What is wrong? In this mixed up world, deciding what is right and wrong is not easy. You can’t just go by somebody else’s rules. If you let yourself be controlled like that, you’ll just become a puppet that can’t make decisions on its own. You have to live by your rules."
- Gintoki Sakata
Integrity