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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive,
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to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
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Look well into thyself.
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There is a source of strength which will always spring up, if thou wilt always look.
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Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess,
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and then thankfully remember how you would crave them if they were not yours.
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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
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Here is a rule to remember in future when anything tempts you to feel bitter.
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Not this is misfortune, but to bear this worthily is good fortune.
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Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?
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You don't have to turn this into something.
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It doesn't have to upset you.
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To live a good life, we all have the potential for it if we learn to be indifferent to what makes no difference.
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Think of yourself as dead.
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You have lived your life.
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Now, take what's left and live it properly.
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Death smiles at us all, but all a man can do is smile back.
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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions.
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The impediment to action advances action.
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What stands in the way becomes the way.
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You have power over your mind, not outside events.
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Realize this and you will find strength.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
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Never let the future disturb you.
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You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
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Very little is needed to make a happy life.
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It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
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Loss is nothing else but change, and change is nature's delight.
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A man's true delight is to do the things he was made for.
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True happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future.
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to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient.
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For he that is so wants nothing.
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare.
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It is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
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We all sorely complain of the shortness of time and yet have much more than we know what to do with.
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Our lives are either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do.
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We are always complaining that our days are few and acting as though there would be no end of them.
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A gem cannot be polished without friction nor a man affected without trials.
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The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
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Every night, before going to sleep, we must ask ourselves, what weakness did I overcome today?
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What virtue did I acquire?
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Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack.
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Life is never incomplete if it is an honorable one.
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At whatever point you leave life, if you leave it in the right way, it is whole.
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We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.
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You want to live, but do you know how to live?
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You are scared of dying, but tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different to being dead?
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The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach.
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A wise man is contented with his lot, whatever it may be.
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Man is affected not by events, but by the view he takes of them.
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As is a tale, so is life.
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Not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you are needing is not to be in a different place, but to be a different person.
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Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are.
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We've been using them not because we needed them, but because we had them.
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He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.
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Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms.
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You'll be able to use them better when you are older.
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more than his poor.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favourable.
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Work is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself.
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Separate yourself from the mob.
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Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do.
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Now.
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What ought one to say then, as each hardship comes?
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I was practicing for this.
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I was training for this.
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Fortify yourself with moderation, for this is an impenetrable fortress.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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No great thing is created suddenly any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.
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If you tell me that you desire a fig, I will answer that there must be time.
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Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
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First, say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
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When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings.
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Then you will forget your anger.
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The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths, remain steadfast, and one day you will build something that endures,
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something worthy of your potential.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do.
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Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will.
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Seek not the good in external things, seek it in yourselves.
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On the occasion of every accident that befalls you,
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remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.
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It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
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Care take this moment, immerse yourself in its particulars, respond to this person, this challenge,
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this deed, quit evasions, stop giving yourself needless trouble, it is time to really live.
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If you want to be a writer, write.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind.
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No man is free who is not a master of himself.
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If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you,
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but answer, he was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.
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It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.
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Do not seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.
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Never depend on the admiration of others.
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There is no strength in it.
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merit cannot be derived from an external source.

Warum sollte man mit diesem Video Sprechen üben?

Das Video „BE UNSHAKEABLE - The Ultimate Stoic Quote Collection“ bietet eine einzigartige Möglichkeit, das Englisch sprechen zu üben. Durch die kraftvolle Erzählweise werden nicht nur die Worte lebendig, sondern auch die bedeutungsvollen Gedanken des Stoizismus. Beim Englisch lernen mit YouTube können Lernende sowohl die Sprache hören als auch die Emotionen und Intentionen des Sprechers nachvollziehen, was das Verständnis fördert. Indem man den Inhalt nachspricht, entwickelt man nicht nur sein Hörverstehen, sondern auch seine Sprechfähigkeiten. Es ist eine effektive Methode, die sogenannte shadow speak Technik anzuwenden, bei der man den Sprecher imitieren und so an Pronunciation und Sprachrhythmus feilen kann.

Grammatik & Ausdrücke im Kontext

Im Video finden sich einige bemerkenswerte Strukturen und Ausdrücke, die den Lernenden helfen können, ihr Englisch zu verbessern:

  • “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” – Diese Struktur betont, wie wichtig Gedanken sind. Hier wird die possessive Form genutzt, was eine häufige grammatische Struktur im Englischen ist.
  • “You don't have to turn this into something.” – Der Einsatz des negativen Hilfsverbs „don’t“ in diesem Satz verdeutlicht, wie man Gedanken steuern kann, ohne überflüssige negative Emotionen zu erzeugen.
  • “To live a good life, we all have the potential for it…” – Die Formulierung „to live“ ist ein Beispiel für einen Infinitiv, der oft in der englischen Sprache verwendet wird, um allgemeine Konzepte auszudrücken.

Durch das Nachsprechen dieser und ähnlicher Strukturen können Lernende ihr Verständnis der englischen Grammatik und Satzstrukturen vertiefen.

Gemeinsame Aussprachefallen

Während des Hörens können Lernende auf einige Wörter und Ausdrücke stoßen, die schwer auszusprechen sind:

  • „privilege“ – Oft hören wir, wie dieses Wort ausgesprochen wird, aber die korrekte Betonung kann zur Herausforderung werden.
  • „fortune“ – Dieses Wort kann leicht mit „fortuna“ verwechselt werden, weshalb die richtige Aussprache wichtig ist, um Missverständnisse zu vermeiden.
  • „delight“ – Achtsamkeit bei der Schreibung und Aussprache ist hier entscheidend, um die feine Nuance zu bewahren.

Indem Sie diese Ausdrücke studieren und im Kontext des Videos nachsprechen, können Sie Ihre Fähigkeiten im Englisch sprechen üben erheblich verbessern. Nutzen Sie die Gelegenheit, sich mit shadowspeak vertraut zu machen und Ihrem Englisch einen neuen Schwung zu geben!

Was ist die Shadowing-Technik?

Shadowing ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Sprachlerntechnik, die ursprünglich für die professionelle Dolmetscherausbildung entwickelt und durch den Polyglotten Dr. Alexander Arguelles populär gemacht wurde. Die Methode ist einfach aber wirkungsvoll: Du hörst englisches Audio von Muttersprachlern und wiederholst es sofort laut — wie ein Schatten, der dem Sprecher mit nur 1–2 Sekunden Verzögerung folgt. Anders als passives Hören oder Grammatikübungen zwingt Shadowing dein Gehirn und deine Mundmuskulatur, gleichzeitig echte Sprachmuster zu verarbeiten und zu reproduzieren. Studien zeigen, dass es Aussprachegenauigkeit, Intonation, Rhythmus, verbundene Sprache, Hörverständnis und Sprechflüssigkeit signifikant verbessert — was es zu einer der effektivsten Methoden für die IELTS Speaking-Vorbereitung und reale englische Kommunikation macht.