Rise to the level of your ideals, not the average of your environment.

The Stoic Emperor

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Just keep in mind: the more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.

If a person doesn't know to which port they sail, no wind is favourable.

It is good to have a goal, but bad to let your goal have you. Focus is good, but focus that is too narrow becomes blindness.

The Stoic Emperor

What upsets people is not things themselves, but their judgements about these things.

Pain is a teacher that commands the attention of every student. A lesson learned from suffering is not easily forgotten.

The Stoic Emperor

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