Epictetus

“Every habit and faculty is maintained and increased by the corresponding actions: the habit of walking by walking, the habit of running by running. If you would be a good reader, read; if a writer, write”

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

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has”

“Never say of anything, I have lost it; but, I have restored it”

“No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen”