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Best Quotes by Laozi
- The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper. The greatest conquerors are those who overcome their enemies without strife.…
- 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…
- Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best…
- Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the next they fear; and the next…
- The best people are like water, which benefits all things and does not compete with them. It stays in lowly places that others reject. This…
- A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise…
- Knowing that you do not know is the best. Not knowing that you do not know is an illness.
- The best way to carve is not to split.
- The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle. The most successful manager leads without dictating.…
- The best athlete wants his opponent at his best. The best general enters the mind of his enemy. The best businessman serves the communal good.…
- Some help others in order to receive blessings and admiration. This is simply meaningless. Some cultivate themselves in part to serve others, in part to…
- A government can be compared to our lungs. Our lungs are best when we don't realize they are helping us breathe. It is when we…
- Arms are instruments of ill omen.... When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory…
- The leader is best, When people are hardly aware of his existence, Not so good when people praise his government, Less good when people stand…
- The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.
- Arms are instruments of ill omen, not the instruments of the gentleman. When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so…
- The best way to live / is to be like water / For water benefits all things / and goes against none of them.
- A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
- To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.
- To lead people, walk beside them ... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor…
More Best Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle