Lao Tzu Quotes
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
Quotes to Explore
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
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By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you're aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.
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The numerous evils to which individual persons are exposed are due to the defects existing in the persons themselves. We complain and seek relief from our own faults; we suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
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You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher.
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I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I'd vote for experience, honest experience.
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We have the only cookbook in the world that has partial differential equations in it.
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The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
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Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Admiration is great, but there is a line not to cross.
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Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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It's not in baseball's interest or the players' interest to be taking this stance. It's the people's game.
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Questions and answers is a big space, and there are lots of possible systems that you can create for different goals.
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It's not like I was just dropped onto a snowboard and I was able to go 15 feet into the air. There was a lot of hard work that came with it. That's something that people don't really notice sometimes and the amount of sacrifice my family made.
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I'm involved with Kid One Transport and Studio by the Tracks in Alabama. Kid One literally transports kids to better health by giving them transportation they may need to get medical care. Studio by the Tracks is an art outlet for mentally challenged children.
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I'm a big fan of David Attenborough, who I think is the most adventurous of the nature program presenters.
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From the time I was about 7 until I was about 13 or 14, I looked like I was Pat from 'Saturday Night Live.' I'm not exaggerating, remotely.
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I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words.
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Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
