"What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled..." - Quote by Lao Tzu
What is firmly rooted cannot be pulled out
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“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!”
“Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
“Develop the strength of a man, but live as gently as a woman”
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“Consciously or unconsciously, health can be transmitted. A very strong man, living with a weak man, will make him a little stronger, whether he knows it or not.”
“You have to press against the pressure that’s pressing against you!”
“Anything that brings spiritual, mental, or physical weakness, touch it not with the toes of your feet.”
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“Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor. It alone prevents the hardest and most repulsive walks of life from being deserted by those brought up to tread therein.”
“With one more talent one frequently stands with greater instability than with one less, as a table stands better on three legs than on four.”
“Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream.”