Lao Tzu Quotes
When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken from you.
Lao Tzu
Quotes to Explore
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
Basil Bunting
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.
Gary Shteyngart
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
Gavin DeGraw
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I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
Gail Sheehy
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Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?
Halima Aden
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I have fabulous children.
Victoria Osteen
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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
C. S. Lewis
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In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation.
Ingrid Betancourt
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People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.
Damon Hill
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I never said I was a genius.
Orson Welles
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go. You had three days of vocal training and performed your song at the end.
Naomi Scott
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
Damien Rice
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The actual, original 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,' I have vague memories of because I was pretty small, but I loved, loved, loved it. I have only those weird, visceral little-kid memories: I remember the extreme flat, two dimensional green that was their skin or the weird pizza with no sauce - it was just like yellow, drippy cheese.
Mae Whitman
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Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence - and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.
Nathaniel Branden
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The very success of medicine in a material way may now threaten the soul of medicine.
Walter Martin
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There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family issue. Trying to juggle children and a job is tough under any circumstances, but especially if you're shooting for the kind of career that involves long hours at work and being on call 24-7.
Gail Collins
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There is a huge opportunity in the intermarriage trend. These are people who, if you show them how vital the community is and how great it is to raise kids Jewish, these people are going to raise their kids Jewish. Ultimately, that's all that matters.
Tahl Raz
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When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.
Confucius
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The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word taught and participates in the Lord's Supper. I lay it down as a simple matter of fact that no one who is careless about such things must ever expect to make much progress in sanctification.
J. C. Ryle
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If I've been an architect of my own career in any fashion, one thing that I've attempted to do is not get typecast, in order to be able to play all different kind of characters. I think I've done a pretty good job of that over the years.
Ed Harris
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I think of a child's mind as a blank book. During the first years of his life, much will be written on the pages. The quality of that writing will affect his life profoundly.
Walt Disney
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Your opinion of yourself is your most important viewpoint. You are infinitely greater than you think you are.
Neville Goddard
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When merit has been achieved, do not take it to yourself; for if you do not take it to yourself, it shall never be taken from you.
Lao Tzu
