Laozi

Quote of Laozi - A journey of a thousand miles...

Biography - Laozi:

Chinese philosopher, founder of philosophical Taoism (6th–5th century BCE).
Period:
5th century BC
6th century BC
Place of birth: China
China

China

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

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(French, German)

Un voyage de mille lieues commence toujours par un premier pas.

Eine Reise von tausend Meilen beginnt mit einem Schritt.

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The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do – you have to keep moving forward.

Martin Luther King Jr.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings

The beginnings of all things are small.

Marcus Tullius Cicero - De finibus bonorum et malorum

There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start.

Charles Baudelaire

No improvement is too small or trivial to be worthwhile.

Theodor W. Adorno

Quotes for: travel

Who wishes to travel far spares his steed.

Jean Racine - Les Plaideurs /

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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.

Ralph Waldo Emerson /

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

Marcel Proust - La Prisonnière /

Life is what we make of it. Travels are travellers. What we see is not what we see but what we are.

Fernando Pessoa /

Nothing develops intelligence like travel.

Émile Zola - Aventures du grand Sidoine et du petit Médéric /

Travel teaches toleration.

Benjamin Disraeli /

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Laozi also said...

Responsible one is not only for what you do but also for what it does not.

Laozi /

responsibility

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.

Laozi /

The farther you go, the less you know.

Laozi - Tao Te Ching /

knowledge

He who does not trust enough, will not be trusted.

Laozi /

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

Laozi /

success

Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

Laozi /

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