Here are the 37 most incredible business insights and quotes from Lao Tzu.
- “To lead people walk behind them.” – Lao Tzu
- “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” – Lao Tzu
- “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu
- “He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.” – Lao Tzu
- “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu
- “The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.” – Lao Tzu
- “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
- “Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.” – Lao Tzu
- “Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”- Lao Tzu
- “An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.” – Lao Tzu
- “Be the chief but never the lord.” – Lao Tzu
- “When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.” – Lao Tzu
- “To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.” – Lao Tzu
- “Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.” – Lao Tzu
- “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”– Lao Tzu
- “Silence is a source of great strength.” – Lao Tzu
- “Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small.” – Lao Tzu
- “The best fighter is never angry.” – Lao Tzu
- “He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.” – Lao Tzu
- “The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.” – Lao Tzu
- “The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people.” – Lao Tzu
- “The words of truth are always paradoxical.” – Lao Tzu
- “By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.”– Lao Tzu
- “Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.” – Lao Tzu
- “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” – Lao Tzu
- “The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.” – Lao Tzu
- “From caring comes courage.” – Lao Tzu
- “Time is a created thing. To say “I don’t have time,” is like saying, “I don’t want to.” – Lao Tzu
- “If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.” – Lao Tzu
- “I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” – Lao Tzu
- “Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.” – Lao Tzu
- “If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness.” – Lao Tzu
- “Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?” – Lao Tzu
- “Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.” – Lao Tzu
- “Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” – Lao Tzu
- “The best of all leaders is the one who helps people so that eventually they don’t need him.” – Lao Tzu
- “When the student is ready the teacher will appear. When the student is truly ready… The teacher will Disappear.” – Lao Tzu