"It is fitting for a great nation to…" — Laozi
"It is fitting for a great nation to yield."
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1,065 Quotes by Laozi
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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they…
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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…
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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…
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He who, conscious of being strong, is content to be weak, he shall be the paragon of mankind. Being the…
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He who is great must make humility his base. He who is high must make lowliness his foundation. Thus, princes…
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Thus it is that "Some things are increased by being diminished, others are diminished by being increased." What others have…
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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…
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Therefore, if a great kingdom humbles itself before a small kingdom, it shall make that small kingdom its prize. And…
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The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know…
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Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be…
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The Sage expects no recognition for what he does; he achieves merit but does not take it to himself; he…
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More Fitting Quotes
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It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
— Francis of Assisi
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It is fitting that yesteryear's swashbuckling newspaper reporter has turned into today's solemn young sobersides nursing a glass of watered…
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It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea…
— Robert Ballard
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People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing…
— Warren G. Bennis
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A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils. But while runners differ, basic principles never change. So…
— Bill Bowerman
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I notice if I'm too fat or if I'm too ugly or there's skin hanging or whatever. When my clothes…
— Marina Abramovic
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Women know the way to rear up children (to be just). They know a simple, merry, tender knack of tying…
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fitting in and feeling like you didn't…
— Augusten Burroughs
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Jealousy was plainly exhibited when I fondled a large doll, and when I weighed his infant sister, he being then…
— Charles Darwin
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Fitting in is a short-term strategy that gets you nowhere. Standing out is a long-term strategy that takes guts and…
— Seth Godin
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Nature has but one plan of operation, invariably the same in the smallest things as well as in the largest,…
— Marcello Malpighi
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They have just succeeded in raising the two thousand pounds here, by subscription, that was wanted towards an exploration fund,…
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