Lao Tzu Quotes
Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.
Quotes to Explore
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You should seek approval from yourself.
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I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.
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Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it.
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Lebanon is a Syrian protectorate. The Lebanese dare not do anything without the approval of Damascus.
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Nobody believes it, but I slept on a futon till I was 13.
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We convince by our presence.
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Everyone wants to be liked; everyone wants approval. No one likes being ignored.
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First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
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The less you know about me the easier it is to convince you that I'm the character on screen.
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A man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything.
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It's not fair that our name can be used in any newspaper, any article connected with anything, and we can't really fight about it. It's like any newspaper that might take a picture of you, bad or good, and sometimes they're awful pictures, and they can use them without your approval and you can't do anything about it.
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To terrorize a man into believing in God is never the work of God, but the work of human expediency. If we want to convince a congregation of a certain thing, we may use terror to frighten them into it; but never say that is God's way, it is our way. To call that God's method is a travesty to the character of God.
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I am sorry my decisions do not meet with your approval, but nevertheless, they are mine, and the consequences are also mine.
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Shane was silent a moment, then let out a long breath. "I bet I could convince you if I could get through these bars. . . ." "You'd get arrested all over again." "Well, you're just that tempting. Jailbait." He kissed her fingers, which made her shiver all over; his lips lingered warm on her skin, reminding her of what it felt like to be alone with him, in that timeless...
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No one really believes in equality who's on top.
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Next to the disapproval of our friends, the approval of our enemies is most to be dreaded.
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Work at not needing approval from anyone and you will be free to be who you really are.
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Dogmatism is by far the best fall-back defense, the most impregnable castle, that ignorance can find. It's also a dead give-away that the person doesn't know why he believes what he believes.
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When the church protects the powerful at the expense of the victim, we have compromised. And in the end, these compromises add up and convince the world that the church is not a community for the broken in search of healing but just another human institution that puts expediency above righteousness and justice.
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The beauty of the country I have never succeeded in getting across to you or anyone who has not seen it for himself.
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For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
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What hurts this person is not the occurrence itself, for another person might not feel oppressed by this situation at all. What is hurting this person is the response he or she has uncritically adopted. It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings.
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Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.
