Lao Tzu Quotes

Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness. There's something particularly exciting about being the hunter, as opposed to the hunted. And that can make for powerful energy.

He who shall practice these twenty virtues shall become invincible in all his undertakings.

What is the strongest cure?--Victory.

Victory is not the absence of problems, it is the presence of power.

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

People confuse goodness with weakness. It is weak people, not good people (goodness demands strength), who are taken advantage of.

I just keep praying for Joan to get her power back. To resolve her problems and rise to the top. To fight back!

I climbed Mount Everest. I don't quit.

You don't run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

I keep defying the odds, you know.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness.

To the stars through thorns.

You cannot understand a man’s work by what he has accomplished but by what he has overcome in accomplishing it.

I like to overcome great challenges.

Not many people get up after a setback or two. But those who do make the impossible come true.

I believe I overcame a lot.

I've achieved everything I've wanted to achieve, so I'm not scared of failure. I never gave up, however bad the injuries got.

My women are always victorious.

Fire opens the gates of victory.

If virtue goes to sleep, it will be more vigorous when it awakes.

Overcoming hardships and working around and through their obstacles to achieve an education is what I call a true success.