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Top 90 Lao Tzu Quotes (2025 Update)

Lao Tzu Quote: “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

1. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.”

2. “If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “The best fighter is never angry.”

3. “The best fighter is never angry.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”

4. “Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.”

5. “Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.”

Lao Tzu Quote: “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

6. “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

Featured in: Live Life Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Philosophical Quotes, Quality Quotes

Lao Tzu Quote: “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

7. “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders.”

8. “To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders.”

Featured in: Mindset Quotes, Serenity Quotes, Mind Quotes, Wise Quotes

Lao Tzu Quote: “Stop thinking, and end your problems.”

9. “Stop thinking, and end your problems.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”

10. “I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”

Featured in: Positive Quotes, Patience Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes

Lao Tzu Quote: “Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?”

11. “Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?”

Featured in: Patience Quotes, Deep Quotes About Life, Meaningful Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes

Lao Tzu Quote: “Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found.”

12. “Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “Great acts are made up of small deeds.”

13. “Great acts are made up of small deeds.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.”

14. “Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.”

Lao Tzu Quote: “When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”

15. “When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”

Featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Personality Quotes

Lao Tzu Quote: “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

16. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

Featured in: Courage Quotes, Love Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Short Positive Quotes

Lao Tzu Quote: “Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.”

17. “Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”

18. “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”

Featured in: Change Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes, Philosophical Quotes, Important Quotes

Lao Tzu Quote: “What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.”

19. “What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.”

Lao Tzu Quote: “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”

20. “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”

21. “Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.”

22. “A man with outward courage dares to die; a man with inner courage dares to live.”

Featured in: Courage Quotes, Live Life Quotes, Philosophical Quotes

Lao Tzu Quote: “By letting go it all gets done.”

23. “By letting go it all gets done.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.”

24. “Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”

25. “He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”

Featured in: Self-Worth Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Life Philosophy Quotes

Lao Tzu Quote: “Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing.”

26. “Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.”

27. “The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.”

28. “The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.”

Lao Tzu Quote: “Act without expectation.”

29. “Act without expectation.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.”

30. “If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.”

Featured in: Persistence Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Taoism Quotes

Lao Tzu Quote: “Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.”

31. “Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.”

32. “If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”

33. “Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “Silence is a source of great strength.”

34. “Silence is a source of great strength.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

35. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”

36. “To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.”

37. “If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.”

38. “There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent.”

Lao Tzu Quote: “Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.”

39. “Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.”

40. “Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.”

41. “Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.”

Lao Tzu Quote: “The way to do is to be.”

42. “The way to do is to be.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “To see things in the seed, that is genius.”

43. “To see things in the seed, that is genius.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.”

44. “Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.”

Lao Tzu Quote: “To hold, you must first open your hand. Let go.”

45. “To hold, you must first open your hand. Let go.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

46. “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”

Featured in: Positivity Quotes, Be Kind Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Motivational Quotes About Life

Lao Tzu Quote: “Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.”

47. “Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.”

Lao Tzu Quote: “The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.”

48. “The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.”

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Lao Tzu Quote: “As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.”

49. “As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.”

Lao Tzu Quote: “Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.”

50. “Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.”

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