Lao Tzu Quotes

Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man's tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.

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• I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.

  

  Calvin Klein
  • Fear
  • Myself
  • Goddess

• The good news is that even though we walk through this valley of death, we don't have to fear, at least not for ourselves! Unfortunately, there is no way to skip over the valley altogether, we must face death and the evidence of evil all around us. But there will come a day... And what a day that will be!

  

  Ted Dekker
  • Good
  • Death
  • Fear

• There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Men
  • Fear
  • Two

• One had to take some action against fear when once it laid hold of one.

  

  Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Fear
  • Action
  • Take

• I've been quite fascinated by the relative insignificance of human existence, the shortness of life. We might as well be a letter in a word in a sentence on a page in a book in a library in a city in one country in this enormous universe! And that kind of fear and insignificance has kept me awake at night.

  

  Laura Marling
  • Life
  • Country
  • Book

• After I was assaulted in Egypt, I learned fear. I've just never been so scared in my life. I've never been so close to death.

  

  Lara Logan
  • Life
  • Death
  • Fear

• But living in uncertain times does not mean San Franciscans must live in fear.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Live
  • Fear
  • Mean

• Growth should take care of the fear of job losses. People will be challenged to do different things. For people who are not up to it, purely based on objective assessment, that's a different issue, which, you do it anyway.

  

  Uday Kotak
  • People
  • Up
  • Different

• Today, fear of bloodshed is forcing us into recognizing new taboos: those of Muslims.

  

  Patrick Chappatte
  • Today
  • Fear
  • New

• I would love for Senator Cruz, and everyone creating fear mongering and hatred, to consider creating hope, optimism and love.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • Hope
  • Fear
  • Hatred

• To overcome any sort of fear is satisfying, and to overcome it well is even better.

  

  Hannah Kearney
  • Fear
  • Better
  • Overcome

• This country is conducive to making money. Once you learn this lesson and make your first deal, you will really appreciate the tools available to you in the United States, the tools that will help you 'boot-strap' yourself into a large income.

  

  E. Joseph Cossman
  • Country
  • Money
  • Help

• We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side.

  

  Tahar Ben Jelloun
  • World
  • Fear
  • Violence

• I am always scared before going on stage; this is the fear which makes me do well.

  

  Kapil Sharma
  • Fear
  • Stage
  • Scared

• I am miserable when everything is in order and quiet. Seriously, it's hard for me when I can go home quietly, go to sleep, and get up in the morning without fear and tension.

  

  Yitzhak Shamir
  • Up
  • Home
  • Fear

• The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.

  

  Kailash Satyarthi
  • Fear
  • Challenge
  • Doors

• With less competition to fear, companies are emboldened to raise their mark-ups and profits. That lifts share prices and thus the wealth of already wealthy shareholders.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • Fear
  • Competition
  • Wealth

• With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Fear
  • Integrity
  • Guilt

• I wouldn't have been interested in making a show just about Hollywood, 'cause I find Hollywood boring. I find people and families very interesting.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • People
  • Interesting
  • Find

• It's really a drag to do the same project over and over again.

  

  David Johansen

• Philosophy was as naive as science in its unconscious acceptance of the assumptions or dynamic of typography. (p. 278)

  

  Marshall McLuhan
  • Science
  • Acceptance

• Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man's tools. He uses them only when he has no choice.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Fear
  • Weapons
  • Tools