"Instead of thinking about what you do not have, think about what you have that others do not."
Source not yet traced to a specific passage, so treat the exact wording as unverified. See disputed and misattributed quotes.
Epictetus is one of the Stoic philosophers.
More quotes from Epictetus
- "If you want to overcome the fear of death, think of it every day."
- "Do not seek to avoid the things that happen to men, but accept them with love."
- "You cannot control external events, but you can control the way you react to them."
- "Do not wait for things to happen as you wish. Wish for them to happen as they do."
- "Evil resides not in things, but in the human mind."