“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?”
— Epictetus Epictetus
Opening line of Enchiridion 51, compiled by Arrian from Epictetus's lectures in Nicopolis around 125 CE. Popularized by Sharon Lebell's The Art of Living.
I was a slave when I first asked this question of myself. A man owned my body, chose my food, broke my leg. He never reached the place where I set my standards. The thing you keep putting off reaches nowhere either, unless you let it. Stop waiting for a better day. The day you demand the best is the day you start getting it.