Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao Tzu

 

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Lao Tzu

 

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.
Lao Tzu

 

Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
Lao Tzu

 

Silence is a source of great strength.
Lao Tzu

 

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
Lao Tzu

 

The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them.
Lao Tzu

 

To lead people walk behind them.
Lao Tzu

 

To lead people, walk beside them... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!'
Lao Tzu

 

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