Quote by Lao Tzu

“Rule number one in adapting—control the situation at hand before it has a chance to control you.”

— Maggi Myers

“I always feel it’s not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.”

— T.S. Eliot

“While others obsess with observing the rules, we’re subtly undermining them and subverting them to our advantage.”

— Ryan Holiday

“Rules are a useful guideline and generally should be heeded, but blindly following them eventually and inevitably leads to disaster.”

— Anonymous

“Learn the rules, then break them intelligently.”

— Jessica Bell

“It's not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.”

— T.S. Eliot

“If you accept any position of authority you have to know when to break or circumvent a rule. It’s the knowing when that’s important.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

“The Valley of Understanding: Here we all choose a different way and different rules to disobey.”

— Peter Sis

“The knowledge of that unchanging rule produces a (grand) capacity and forbearance, and that capacity and forbearance lead to a community (of feeling with…

— Lao Tzu

“I don't know why we human beings are so obsessed with making rules about everything.”

— Paulo Coelho

“If somebody tells you a rule, break it. That's the only way to move things forward.”

— Hans Zimmer

“You have to break the rules, if you want to change the world.”

— Blekingegadebanden