Famous Quotes Name L

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well used brings a happy death.

Reality is something you rise above.

There is no monument dedicated to the memory of a committee.

The lord is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him.N.B. From this quote is derived the proverb, Good things come to those who wait.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.

The real 196s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963....It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out.

Those who flee temptation generally leave a forwarding address.

To err is human to refrain from laughing, humane.

Those who flee temptation generally leave a forwarding address.

Luck is what you have left over after you give 100%.

Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent.

Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

I swear to the LordI still can't seeWhy Democracy meansEverybody but me.

When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.

Give up your relentless moralizing, the continual pinpricks which pierce the skin of your fellows. The distinction between good and evil is the sickness of the mind. Give up your morals, and the people will regain a love of their fellows.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

Know the masculine, keep to the feminine.

Stop thinking, and end your problems.

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength loving someone deeply gives you courage.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

He who knows others is wise.He who knows himself is enlightened.

He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.

While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, He who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion Let nature take its course. By letting each thing act in accordance with its own nature, everything that needs to be done gets done.

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness.

He who knows enough is enough will always have enough.

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

Without going out-of-doors, one can know all he needs to know. Without even looking out of his window, one can grasp the nature of everything. Without going beyond his own nature, one can achieve ultimate wisdom. Therefore, the intelligent man knows all he needs to know without going away, And sees all he needs to see without looking elsewhere, And does all he needs to do wihout undue exertion.

Knowing others is intelligence knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.

He who tip-toes cannot stand he who strides cannot walk.

He who conquers others is strong He who conquers himself is mighty.

There is no need to run outside for better seeing... Rather abide at the center of your being For the more you leave it the less you learn. Search your heart and see... The way to do is to be.

All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not stay with that which is superficial they abide with realities, they remain not with what is showy. The one they discard, the other they hold.

Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others And shame is fear of humiliation at one's inferior status in the estimation of others. When one sets his heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he is automatically involved in fear of losing his status.

The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty.

A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth.

The highest goodness is like water. Water benefits all things and does not compete. It stays in the lowly places which others despise. Therefore it is near The Eternal.

The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things.

The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom He knows himself but does not display himself He loves himself but does not hold himself in high esteem.

People in their handling of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

One who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.

The Way of Heaven does not compete, And yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation.

It is the Vague and Elusive. Meet it and you will not see its head. Follow it and you will not see its back.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

The best man is like water. Water is good it benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in lowly places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to Tao.

I have three treasures. Guard and keep them The first is deep love, The second is frugality, And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world. Because of deep love, one is courageous. Because of frugality, one is generous. Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.