Lao Tzu Quotes
17 quotes from Lao Tzu on investing, entrepreneurship and motivation.
On investing
He who is contented is rich.
Having given all he had He then is very rich indeed.
It is wealth to be content.
On entrepreneurship
Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.
The best of all leaders is the one who helps people so that eventually they don't need him.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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.
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
A leader is best When people barely know he exists Of a good leader, who talks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, They will say, "We did this ourselves.
As for the best leaders the people do not notice their existence. The next best the people honour 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!'
On motivation
Heaven's net is wide, but its mesh is fine.
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
There is no illusion greater than fear.
Great acts are made up of small deeds.
If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.
Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.