Lao Tzu Quotes

Have patience. Wait until the mud settles and the water is clear. Remain unmoving until right action arises by itself.

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• A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.

  

  Kailash Kher
  • Work
  • May
  • Success

• Donald Trump has made it clear that he regards Hungary highly.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • Trump
  • Made
  • Clear

• Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

  

  Saint Francis de Sales
  • Yourself
  • First
  • Patience

• The very important thing you should have is patience.

  

  Jack Ma
  • Important
  • You
  • Patience

• I don't have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies.

  

  Zoe Kazan
  • Movies
  • Patience
  • Boring

• For believers, both privilege and privation are a trial, and both demand responses: one demands service, and the other demands patience. The greatest privilege is to live well in flourishing lands; the greatest privation is to live in the midst of war, especially civil war.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • Live
  • War
  • Service

• With the block chain, for the first time, we no longer need these central institutions for settlement or for guaranteeing the value of coins or for land titling. All of these functions can be replaced by a transparent public ledger that is safe from tampering and which can make value and ownership clear and open for everyone.

  

  Patrick M. Byrne
  • Time
  • Value
  • Clear

• The Americans are very clear, and obsessed with nouns.

  

  Fiona Shaw
  • Very
  • Clear
  • Obsessed

• I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Think
  • Understanding
  • Patience

• To be clear, the gap between the have gots and the have nots is widening. In this most multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic America ever, that concerns me.

  

  Tavis Smiley
  • America
  • Me
  • Clear

• Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Success
  • Patience
  • Persistence

• You have to respect your parents. They are giving you an at-bat. If you're an entrepreneur and go into the family business, you want to grow fast. Patience is important. But respect the other party... My dad and I pulled it off because we really respect each other.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Important
  • Family
  • Business

• Our patience will achieve more than our force.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • Force
  • Patience
  • Achieve

• The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.

  

  Ralph Marston
  • World
  • Faith
  • Patience

• Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

  

  Harriet Tubman
  • World
  • Great
  • Remember

• This OCCUPIED amendment, this constitutional amendment, would overturn Citizens United. It would make clear that corporations aren't people, that they - the framers of the Constitution never intended to give constitutional rights to corporations, the ones that we enjoy and cherish.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • People
  • Enjoy
  • Clear

• I think it's fairly clear that playing hockey isn't the same as playing football.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Football
  • Hockey
  • Clear

• Historically, there has been a clear and essential connection between marriage and responsible procreation and child rearing.

  

  Pam Bondi
  • Marriage
  • Child
  • Connection

• Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

  

  John Quincy Adams
  • Patience
  • Obstacles
  • Perseverance

• Nelson, re watching TV He watches until he feels his intelligence being too rudely insulted or his patience being too arrogantly tested by the commercials...

  

  John Updike
  • Patience

• I don't really discriminate with my art. To me, it's my art, and it's to be expressed through whichever medium is there, whether it's treading the boards in the theater, on the small-screen TV, or on the large screen. I love theater, and it's definitely something I would love to do.

  

  Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
  • Art
  • Small

• So while I’m thirsty, there is a need to continue living. If I’m ever completely soaked, I feel like the end is near. This is when we realize that we have become fully satisfied, I wish to become that.

  

  Jun Matsumoto Arashi
  • Living
  • Satisfied
  • Thirsty

• Have patience. Wait until the mud settles and the water is clear. Remain unmoving until right action arises by itself.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Patience
  • Clear
  • Arises