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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle…
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Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
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He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled.…
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Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he shines forth;…
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He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the paragon of…
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He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes and kings…
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Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have taught, I…
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What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven…
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Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles…
— Les Brown
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Instead of wanting to win, we expected to win. There's a lifetime between wanting something and expecting something. When you expect something,…
— Red McCombs
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Human nature, at its best, had always been based on a deep heroic restlessness, on wanting something-something else, something more, whether it…
— Will Ferguson
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I think [the spotlight] is a lonely place to be. Everybodys wanting something from you, pulling at you.
— Angie Everhart
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The truth is, I pretend to be a cynic, but I am really a dreamer who is terrified of wanting something she…
— Joanna Hoffman
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Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something does not make it real.
— Michelle Hodkin
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You're getting like an attitude. What you get put through for just wanting something more out of life. Makes you vulnerable. Inside,…
— Sandra Newman
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Stress is wanting something to be the way it isn't.
— Eckhart Tolle
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