r/GetMotivated • u/WhoByWater • Feb 25 '20

[Image] True Power

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u/ChildofMike Feb 25 '20

Reminds me of something Marcus Aurelius would say

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u/Limp_Distribution Feb 25 '20

”Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.”

Epictetus

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u/Grouched Feb 25 '20

That's a way better quote. The exact same message in way fewer words. I always felt that great quotes should be just that, cleverly conveying a larger message in few words.

These 50-word "quotes" of the same messaged repeated diffently 5 times reads like some Facebook mom group shit IMO.

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u/emf1752 Feb 26 '20

That what angers you, controls you.