A Quote by Laozi

Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength — © Laozi
Conquering others requires force. Conquering oneself requires strength
Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.
Understanding others is knowledge, Understanding oneself is enlightenment; Conquering others is power, Conquering oneself is strength.
To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.
Conquering something new becomes fun, even if that thing you're conquering isn't what you'd normally do.
Knowing others is to be clever. Knowing yourself is to be enlightened. Overcoming others requires force. Overcoming yourself requires strength.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
The unfulfilling job is not the failure; not pursuing your dreams is the real failure. Developing a vision requires conquering your fears and finding motivation from within.
Man has made remarkable strides in conquering outer space, but how futile have been his efforts in conquering inner space- the space in our hearts and minds of men.
Force is all conquering, but it's victories are short lived.
I used to play rugby, which requires a lot of physical strength. The game requires you to get aggressive.
The writing life requires courage, patience, persistence, empathy, openness, and the ability to deal with rejection. It requires the willingness to be alone with oneself. To be gentle with oneself. To look at the world without blinders on. To observe and withstand what one sees. To be disciplined, and at the same time, take risks. To be willing to fail - not just once, but again and again, over the course of a lifetime.
Happiness lies in conquering one's enemies, in driving them in front of oneself, in taking their property, in savoring their despair, in outraging their wives and daughters.
Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength.
The explicable requires the inexplicable. Experience requires the nonexperienceable. The obvious requires the mystical.
To gain an overall understanding of oneself does not require looking outward - it requires the strength of looking inward.
As nature requires whirlwinds and cyclones to release its excessive force in a violent revolt against its own existence, so the spirit requires a demonic human being from time to time whose excessive strength rebels against the community of thought and the monotony of moralityonly by looking at those beyond its limits does humanity come to know its own utmost limits.
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