#surpass

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. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#hard #more #nothing #strong #submissive

Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#conquer #enemy #enlightened #foreknowledge #general

And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen. ↗

— Thomas Haden Church

#certainly #did #happen #i #milestones

Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage. ↗

— Gary Cole

#being #couple #days #done #fantasize

The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#approval #constant #most #own #splendid

Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass. ↗

— Franz Grillparzer

#cannot #exaggerate #progress #recourse #surpass

The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write a scene that I think is the sickest thing I have ever dreamed up, it is surpassed by something that happens in real life. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#curve #dreamed #ever #every #every time

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#everything #imitation #surpasses #truth

We were astonished by the beauty and refinement of the art displayed by the objects surpassing all we could have imagined - the impression was overwhelming. ↗

— Howard Carter

#astonished #beauty #could #displayed #imagined

This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride in the finished article hasn't ever surpassed the joy of doing the work, of making it. The doing it is really the bit I'm there for. ↗

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

#article #awards #bit #ceremony #completely