Lao Tzu Quotes on Success (9 Quotes)

The Way of Heaven does not compete, and yet it skillfully achieves victory.

Arms are instruments of ill omen. When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory in victory, and to glorify it despite this is to exult in the killing of men. When great numbers of people are killed, one shou

He who gains a victory over other men is strong but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.

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. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a p

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

Though (the Tao) is uncreated itself, it creates all things. Because it has no substance, it can enter into where there is no space. Exercising by returning to itself, winning victories by remaining gentle and yielding, it is softer than anything, and therefore overcomes everything hard.

How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?

Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved.

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.