Want the win? Count the sweat, the dust and the losses. Then commit.
Epictetus, Enchiridion 29
Want the win? Count the sweat, the dust and the losses. Then commit.
Epictetus, Enchiridion 29
The source
"Want the win? Count the sweat, the dust and the losses. Then commit." Epictetus said it in Enchiridion 29. Translated by George Long, 1877.
"A man wishes to conquer at the Olympic games ... observe both the things which come first, and the things which follow; and then begin the act"George Long, 1877, Enchiridion 29.
Who said it
Epictetus (c. 50–135 AD). Born enslaved, became the most influential Stoic teacher of his age. His student Arrian wrote down the Discourses and the Enchiridion.
Questions
- Who said "Want the win? Count the sweat, the dust and the losses. Then commit."?
- Epictetus (c. 50–135 AD). Source: Enchiridion 29.
- What is the original wording?
- A man wishes to conquer at the Olympic games ... observe both the things which come first, and the things which follow; and then begin the act (George Long, 1877). Translated by George Long, 1877.
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