"Be the chief but never the lord." — Laozi

"Be the chief but never the lord."

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1,065 Quotes by Laozi

Laozi has 1,065 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they…
Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.
He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall…
Therefore the Sage embraces Unity, and is a model for all under Heaven. He is free from self-display, therefore he…
He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the…
He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes…
Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have…
What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams…
Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And…
The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know…
Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be…
The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he…

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The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. — Wystan Hugh Auden
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the… — Gaston Bachelard
The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that… — J. G. Ballard
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense,… — Joseph Addison
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions. — Alfred Adler
The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. — Sarah Bernhardt
When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the… — Joe Biden
Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties. — Hugh Blair
Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the… — William Blake
The chief difficulty which prevents men of science from believing in divine as well as in nature Spirits is their… — H. P. Blavatsky
Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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