Lao Tzu Quotes

The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

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• By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.

  

  Ted Williams
  • Time
  • You
  • Know

• I quit high school the first day of 10th grade because I felt like I was wasting time.

  

  Bam Margera
  • Time
  • School
  • High

• A college degree is not essential, but if you're already in college, and if it's at all possible, you should definitely try to finish. In college, you have a very supportive community right there, and it can give you opportunities to try out new things.

  

  K. Flay
  • Community
  • College
  • Finish

• I enjoy some physical stuff. But if I had a choice between playing a scene where it's raining, it's terribly cold, I'm wet and I'm being drowned and playing a scene with dinosaur eggs in a laboratory, I'd probably take the latter. It's warmer and generally more comfortable!

  

  Sam Neill
  • Enjoy
  • Cold
  • Choice

• You can't know too much, but you can say too much.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • You
  • Know
  • Too Much

• Honey, I am going to my grave with my eyelashes and my makeup on.

  

  Tammy Faye Bakker
  • Makeup
  • Grave
  • Eyelashes

• I like people and get along, and I'm afraid to express my anger and my rage.

  

  Fisher Stevens
  • People
  • Anger
  • Rage

• Those who think the information brought out at a criminal trial is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth are fools. Prosecuting or defending a case is nothing more than getting to those people who will talk for your side, who will say what you want said.

  

  F. Lee Bailey
  • People
  • Truth

• If we will repeatedly suffer the humiliation of admitting that we really do not know what we're talking about, eventually we will.

  

  Vernon Howard

• By voting, we add our voice to the chorus that forms opinions and the basis for actions.

  

  Jens Stoltenberg

• Of course, we should all be aware of what we're packing in our carry-on luggage - anything that might be considered dangerous could be confiscated at a security checkpoint.

  

  David Neeleman

• I'm happy doing what I do.

  

  Marcia Fudge
  • Happy

• I find the less attention I pay to food, the healthier I am.

  

  Christina Ricci
  • Food
  • Attention

• The film world is always looking for great source material, and Broadway has traditionally and historically been a place to go.

  

  Marc Platt
  • World
  • Great

• If the crisis lasts moments, rapid action is critical. But if it's simply the beginning of a broader issue, especially one where the root cause isn't known yet, the worst thing a leader can do is act immediately.

  

  Brad Feld
  • Action
  • Moments
  • Beginning

• The real competitive advantage will come to countries and companies who differentiate their offerings through education, innovation, and productivity.

  

  Dinesh Paliwal
  • Real
  • Education
  • Innovation

• Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to what?

  

  David Sanborn

• We deserve to live in a world where there's no impunity, but beyond this question of impunity, there are all these structures that are actually doing a disservice to our people.

  

  Opal Tometi
  • People
  • World
  • Live

• Aragorn threw back his cloak. The elven-sheath glittered as he grasped it, and the bright blade of Andúril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. 'Elendil!' he cried. 'I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn, and am called Elessar, the Elfstone, Dúnadan, the heir of Isildur Elendil's son of Gondor. Here is the Sword that was Broken and is forged again! Will you aid me or thwart me? Choose swiftly!

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Son
  • Broken
  • Flame

• I think most people who decide to become a musician have to be prepared for some degree of struggle. It makes the art better if you go through some struggles. To be an artist, in any form, you have to develop some sense of compassion and empathy - it's an important quality for everyone to have, on a human level. But I think, as part of our job, you have to be able to do that, so suffering, tends - if you allow it - to let you look on the bright side. It will help with those senses.

  

  Reeve Carney
  • People
  • Important
  • Artist

• I do absolutely nothing, actually, believe it or not. People will probably hate me for saying that, but I guess I'm one of those lucky horrible people who, no matter what I eat, I don't gain a pound. My whole family is just like that. They're all skinny and tall, and I guess, so am I.

  

  Iggy Azalea
  • People
  • Believe
  • Family

• I inherited that calm from my father, who was a farmer. You sow, you wait for good or bad weather, you harvest, but working is something you always need to do.

  

  Miguel Indurain
  • Waiting
  • Weather
  • Farmers

• The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Flame
  • Bright
  • Burns