The hard and stiff will be broken. _x000D_ The soft and supple will prevail.
Interpretation
Flexibility and adaptability lead to success, while rigidity and stubbornness can lead to failure.
This quote by Laozi suggests that those who are hard and inflexible are more likely to face difficulties and ultimately fail, while those who are soft and adaptable have the ability to endure and thrive. It highlights the importance of being open to change and showing resilience in the face of challenges.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming challenges.
If you understand others you are smart._x000D_ If you understand yourself you are illuminated._x000D_ If you overcome others you are powerful._x000D_ If you overcome yourself you have strength._x000D_ If you know how to be satisfied you are rich._x000D_ If you can act with vigor, you have a will._x000D_ If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting._x000D_ If you die without loss, you are eternal.
When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
The way that helps will not be the same; it changes according to the situation.
No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right.
-But rational thoughts lead only to rational thoughts, whereas irrational thoughts lead to new experiences.
Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.
Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For as it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits, so it silences those enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects.
Small things start us in new ways of thinking
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