Tao Te Ching Leadership Quotes - Page 3

• The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth. The named is the mother of all things.

  Laozi

  Mother, Heaven, Tao Te Ching

  Laozi, Philip J. Ivanhoe (2003). “The Daodejing of Laozi”, p.104, Hackett Publishing

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• Why do the people think so little of death?
  Because the rulers demand too much of life.
  Therefore the people take death lightly.

  Laozi

  Life, Thinking, People

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• A brave and passionate man will kill or be killed.
  A brave and calm man will always preserve life.
  Of these two which is good and which is harmful?

  Laozi

  Men, Two, Brave

  Laozi, Gia-fu Feng, Jane English (1972). “Tao te ching”, Random House Inc

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• What man has more than enough and gives it to the world? Only the man of Tao.

  Laozi

  Men, Giving, Generosity

  Laozi, Gia-fu Feng, Jane English (1972). “Tao te ching”, Random House Inc

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• He who is attached to things will suffer much.

  Laozi

  Suffering

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be truly fulfilled.

  Laozi

  Spiritual, Helping Others, Looks

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

  Laozi

  Love, Witty, Humorous

  "Analects of Confucius". 475–221 BC.

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• There is no greater sin than desire, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself. Therefore he who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

  Laozi

  Desire, Sin, Enough

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Going forward seems like retreat.

  Laozi

  Retreat, Seems

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• A man is born gentle and weak. At death he is hard and stiff.

  Laozi

  Men, Weak, Born

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• Ever desireless, one can see the mystery. Ever desiring, one can see the manifestations. These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness. Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery.

  Laozi

  Spring, Names, Darkness Within

  Laozi, Philip J. Ivanhoe (2003). “The Daodejing of Laozi”, p.106, Hackett Publishing

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• Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken.

  Laozi

  Strength, Army, Winning

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• If you want to accord with the Tao, just do your job, then let go.

  Laozi

  Letting Go, Jobs, Work

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• Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Desire, Mystery

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• Without going outside, you may know the whole world!

  Laozi

  Chinese, World, May

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful?

  Laozi

  Loss, Self, Balance

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Great accomplishment seems imperfect,
  Yet it does not outlive its usefulness.
  Great fullness seems empty,
  Yet it cannot be exhausted.

  Laozi

  Accomplishment, Perfection, Doe

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• In the Universe the difficult things are done as if they were easy.

  Laozi

  Science, Done, Mystery

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• To understand the limitation of things, desire them.

  Laozi

  Tao Te Ching, Desire, Tao Ching

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• A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At death, they are withered and dry. Therefore, the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death, and the gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.

  Laozi

  Motivational, Fitness, Health

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as the grass.

  Laozi

  Letting Go, Desire, Liberty

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• Know honor, Yet keep humility. Be the valley of the universe! Being the valley of the universe, Ever true and resourceful, Return to the state of the uncarved block.

  Laozi

  Block, Humility, Honor

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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• Yielding, like ice about to melt.

  Laozi

  Ice, Taoism, Tao Ching

  Laozi, Burton Watson, Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo (1993). “Dao de Jing”, p.15, Hackett Publishing

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• According to the ancient Chinese proverb, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

  John F. Kennedy

  Travel, New Beginnings, Journey

  Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Address to the Nation, delivered 26 July 1963

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• Creating without claiming, Doing without taking credit, Guiding without interfering, This is Primal Virtue.

  Laozi

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Creating

  Laozi (1997). “道德经”, Vintage

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