Lao Tzu Quotes

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

The soft and weak can overcome the hard and strong.

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

There is nothing softer and weaker than water, and yet there is nothing better for attacking hard and strong things.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

My dad worked for Nestle for 26 years and ended up being the mayor of our hometown. One of the lessons I learned from him was to never mistake kindness for weakness.

I don't want to be all power and muscle.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.

I always say that non-violence is not the weapon of the weak. It is the weapon of the strong.

When you are about to badger the weak, Then imagine yourself before a more powerful man.

The softest in the world surpasses the hardest in the world.

Oh! that gentleness! how far more potent is it than force!

When I am weak, then I am strong.

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

Think not that humility is weakness; it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer; bow thyself and become invincible.

Humility is not cowardice. Meekness is not weakness. Humility and meekness are indeed spiritual powers.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.