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Avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.
"Avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men."— Lao Tzu
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Meaning of this quote
Humility can make leadership more acceptable to others. The advice favours service over demanding precedence or public recognition.
Key takeaway:
Earn trust through service rather than self-importance.
Origin of the quote
Tao Te Ching, Chapter 67, Lionel Giles’s The Sayings of Lao Tzŭ (1905).
Who actually said this?
VerifiedThe historical English collection contains the corresponding sentence. Its thematic Chapter 4 heading differs from the numbering of the original Tao Te Ching.
