--- title: "7 Claims Quotes By Laozi" description: "7 Claims quotes by Laozi. Plus more from Laozi and more Claims sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/laozi-147_claims_the-virtuous-carry-out-the-settlement-bu_561477.jpg" --- > [The virtuous carry out the settlement, but those without virtue pursue their claims.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-virtuous-carry-out-the-settlement-but-those-without-virtue-pursue/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/laozi-147_claims_the-virtuous-carry-out-the-settlement-bu_561477.jpg) > [The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-great-tao-flows-everywhere-to-the-left-and-to-the-right-all/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/laozi-147_abandon_the-great-tao-flows-everywhere-to-the-le_1192539.jpg) > [When good thing are accomplished, it does not claim (or name) them. This is Te, which is close in meaning to power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/when-good-thing-are-accomplished-it-does-not-claim-or-name-them-this/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55e/laozi-147_accomplished_when-good-thing-are-accomplished-it-does_1269240.jpg) > [The great Tao flows everywhere. All things are born from it, yet it doesn't create them. It pours itself into its work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-great-tao-flows-everywhere-all-things-are-born-from-it-yet-it/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd7/laozi-147_all-things_the-great-tao-flows-everywhere-all-thing_1372506.jpg) > [Complete your task. Seek no reward. Make no claims. Without faltering fully choose to do what you must do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/complete-your-task-seek-no-reward-make-no-claims-without-faltering/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcf/laozi-147_claims_complete-your-task-seek-no-reward-make-n_2015323.jpg) > [ALL things in Nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfil their functions and make no claim.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/all-things-in-nature-work-silently-they-come-into-being-and-possess/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/laozi-147_all-things_all-things-in-nature-work-silently-they_2392400.jpg) > [All things in nature work silently. They come into being and possess nothing. They fulfill their function and make no claim. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/all-things-in-nature-work-silently-they-come-into-being-and-possess-2/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/laozi-147_all-things_all-things-in-nature-work-silently-they_2584855.jpg) ## Other authors on Claims ## More by Laozi > [When you have accomplished your goal simply walk away. This is the path way to Heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/when-you-have-accomplished-your-goal-simply-walk-away-this-is-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [In lightness the root is lost. In haste the ruler is lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/in-lightness-the-root-is-lost-in-haste-the-ruler-is-lost/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [If the sage wants to stand above people, he must speak to them from below. If he wants to lead people, he must follow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/if-the-sage-wants-to-stand-above-people-he-must-speak-to-them-from/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [Goodie-goodies are the thieves of virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/goodie-goodies-are-the-thieves-of-virtue/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/he-that-humbles-himself-shall-be-preserved-entire-he-that-bends-shall/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [The Way of the Sage is to act but not to compete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-way-of-the-sage-is-to-act-but-not-to-compete/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [Do nondoing, strive for nonstriving, savor the flavorless, regard the small as important, make much of little, repay enmity with virtue; plan for difficulty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/do-nondoing-strive-for-nonstriving-savor-the-flavorless-regard-the/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [Without looking through the window, you can see Heaven's Way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/without-looking-through-the-window-you-can-see-heaven-s-way/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [Can you dissolve your ego? Can you abandon the idea of self and other? Can you relinquish the notions of male and female, short…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/can-you-dissolve-your-ego-can-you-abandon-the-idea-of-self-and-other/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [The Tao is the center of the universe, the good man's treasure, the bad man's refuge. Honors can be bought with fine words, respect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-tao-is-the-center-of-the-universe-the-good-man-s-treasure-the-bad/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [What's the difference between beautiful and ugly?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/what-s-the-difference-between-beautiful-and-ugly/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [In stillness the muddied water returns to clarity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/in-stillness-the-muddied-water-returns-to-clarity/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/he-the-sage-is-good-to-those-who-are-good-he-is-also-good-to-those/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [There is a thing inherent and natural which existed before heaven and earth. Motionless and fathomless, It stands alone and never changes; It pervades…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/there-is-a-thing-inherent-and-natural-which-existed-before-heaven-and/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) > [What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? If you do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/what-is-a-good-man-but-a-bad-man-s-teacher-what-is-a-bad-man-but-a/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/claims/laozi/#itemlist", "name": "7 Claims Quotes By Laozi", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The virtuous carry out the settlement, but those without virtue pursue their claims.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Laozi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/the-virtuous-carry-out-the-settlement-but-those-without-virtue-pursue/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/laozi-147_claims_the-virtuous-carry-out-the-settlement-bu_561477.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/laozi-147_claims_the-virtuous-carry-out-the-settlement-bu_561477.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/laozi-147_claims_the-virtuous-carry-out-the-settlement-bu_561477.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The virtuous carry out the settlement, but those without virtue pursue their claims.” — Laozi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Great Tao flows everywhere, to the left and to the right, all things depend on it to exist, and it does not abandon them. 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