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Action Quotes by Laozi
- In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In dealing with others, be gentle and kind. In speech, be…
- Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that…
- The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. Through this I know the advantage of taking no action.
- Build up virtue, and you master all.
- No thought, no action, no movement, total stillness: only thus can one manifest the true nature and law of things from within and unconsciously, and…
- Who can wait quietly until the mud settles? Who can remain still until the moment of action?
- The Way is ever without action, yet nothing is left undone.
- The value of teaching without words and accomplishing without action is understood by few in the world.
- Use justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world.
- Who can rest until the moment of action?
- The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. He knows that he is going to die, and her has nothing left to hold…
- The value of actions lies in their timing.
- Few things under heaven bring more benefit than the lessons learned from silence and the actions taken without striving.
- Tao invariably takes no action, and yet there is nothing left undone.
- Is not the action of nature like the stretching of a bow? The high, it pulls down; the low, it lifts up; It takes from…
- Heaven and Earth last for ever. Why do Heaven and Earth last for ever? They are unborn, so ever living. The sage stays behind, thus…
- Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.
- Don't impose your will through manipulation of aggressive emotions and actions.
- The gentlest thing in the world overcomes the hardest thing in the world. That which has no substance enters where there is no space. This…
- Practice not-doing and everything will fall into place.
More Action Quotes
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can… — Hannah Arendt
- Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people. — Joe Biden
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. — Dalai Lama