Lao Tzu Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

41 Famous Quotes by Lao Tzu
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“Silence is a source of great strength.”
Silence Quotes
“Marriage is three parts love and seven parts forgiveness of sins.”
Sin Quotes
“The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.”
Solidarity Quotes
“Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.”
Strength Quotes
“The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.”
Theft Quotes
“The longest journey a man must take is the eighteen inches from his head to his heart”
Travel Quotes
“By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever”
Virtue Quotes
“Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.”
Water Quotes
“Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.”
Wilderness Quotes
“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.”
Wisdom Quotes
“From wonder into wonder existence opens.”
Wonder Quotes
“Learn to lead in a nourishing manner. Learn to lead without being possessive. Learn to be helpful without taking the credit. Learn to lead without coercion.”
Volunteerism Quotes
“When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts. -Lao Tzu.”
Heart-quotes Quotes
“Kindness in words creates confidence, kindness in thinking creates profoundness, kindness in feeling creates love. . -Lao Tzu.”
Kindness Quotes
“Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. Donald H. McGannon -Lao Tzu.”
Leadership Quotes
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him....But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, "We did it ourselves. Chinese proverb -Lao Tzu.”
Leadership Quotes
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