"First say to yourself what you would be" — Epictetus

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Discourses, Book III, 23

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Discourses by Epictetus

A city is not adorned by external things, but by the virtue of those who dwell in it.

Fragments

A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.

Fragments

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Enchiridion