Lao Tzu Quotes

There is nothing softer and weaker than water, and yet there is nothing better for attacking hard and strong things.

It is only the strong who are strengthened by suffering; the weak are made weaker.

We all survive more than we think we can.

The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.

Every one in the world knows that the soft overcomes the hard, and the weak the strong, but no one is able to carry it out in practice.

In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.

Your struggle is your strength. If you can resist becoming negative, bitter or hopeless, in time, your struggles will give you everything.

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

I made strength from everything that had happened to me, so that in the end even the final tragedy could not defeat me. And that is what Ultima tried to teach me, that the tragic consequences of life can be overcome by the magical strength that resides in the human heart. --Antonio

If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it!

Become strong again in spirit, strong in will, strong in endurance, strong to bear all sacrifices

The softest in the world surpasses the hardest in the world.

people are strong despite suffering, not because of it.

Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.

If you're strong enough on the inside, you can handle anything that comes at you on the outside.

We can all be weak, but we all have to make a conscious decision to be strong.

We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up on the inside.

When I am weak, then I am strong.

If Gone With the Wind has a theme it is that of survival. What makes some people come through catastrophes and others, apparently just as able, strong, and brave, go under? It happens in every upheaval. Some people survive; others don't. What qualities are in those who fight their way through triumphantly that are lacking in those that go under? I only know that survivors used to call that quality 'gumption.' So I wrote about people who had gumption and people who didn't.

One must need to be strong, otherwise one will never become strong.

That which yields is not always weak.

Do what is necessary to be resilient. You will get knocked down. What matters is that you get back up.

In general, the only way to overcome failure is to not let it destroy you. It's that old saying, "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger." You just have to keep going.

The most important thing is to be strong. With strength, one can conquer others, and to conquer others gives one virtue.

I used to ask for an easy life, now I ask to be strong.