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Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

Motivational, Wisdom, Determination

If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself, if you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

Spiritual, Wisdom, Self

Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

Inspirational, Relationship, Wise

One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

Believe, Needs, Convince

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.

Life, Change, Spiritual

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.

Cancer, New Beginnings, Hard Times

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Inspirational, Motivational, Patience

For knowledge, add something every day. For wisdom....subtract.

Add

Those who understand others are clever, those who understand themselves are wise.

Wise, Clever, Knowledge

Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

Inspirational, Sports, Athlete

Only he who does not seek to be ahead of others is capable of living in harmony with everyone.

Philosophy, Doe, Harmony

Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know.

Education, Tao Te Ching, Intelligence

Laozi, Lao-Tzu, Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo (2007). “Tao Te Ching”, p.55, Shambhala Publications

You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow.

Giving, Determine, Withholding

If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.

Wisdom, Tao Te Ching, Taoism

You will understand a great truth when you get to realize that what you do to others, you are doing to yourself.

Realizing

He who controls the past controls the future.

Future, Past, Political Language

Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream.

Weed, Dream, Opportunity For Success

The value of actions lies in their timing.

Lying, Achievement, Action

True words are not pleasing. Pleasing words are not true.

Knowledge, Taoism, True Words

Kind words elicit trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love.

Kindness, Kind Thoughts, Kind Deeds

Have patience. Wait until the mud settles and the water is clear. Remain unmoving until right action arises by itself.

Encouraging, Positivity, Water

If you understand others you are smart. If you understand yourself you are illuminated. If you overcome others you are powerful. If you overcome yourself you have strength. If you know how to be satisfied you are rich. If you can act with vigor, you have a will. If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting. If you die without loss, you are eternal.

Powerful, Smart, Loss

Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time' is to say 'I don't want to.'

Inspirational, Time, Want

Deal with difficult tasks while they are easy. Act on large issues while they are small.

Life, Issues, Tasks

If you correct your mind the rest of your life will fall into place.

Inspirational, Life, Positive

Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

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