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When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.
"When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you."— Lao Tzu
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Meaning of this quote
Self-acceptance reduces the pressure to measure oneself against other people.
Key takeaway:
Let your values guide you beyond social comparison.
Origin of the quote
Tao Te Ching, Chapter 8, Stephen Mitchell version.
Who actually said this?
VerifiedThe source reads everybody where the post reads everyone. This is Mitchell’s modern interpretive English rendering.
