{"id":198041,"date":"2021-11-01T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=198041"},"modified":"2021-10-21T08:39:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T07:39:38","slug":"watch-your-thoughts-they-become-words-watch-your-words-they-become-actions-watch-your-actions-they-become-habits-watch-your-habits-they-become-character-watch-your-character-it-becom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/11\/watch-your-thoughts-they-become-words-watch-your-words-they-become-actions-watch-your-actions-they-become-habits-watch-your-habits-they-become-character-watch-your-character-it-becom\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWatch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em>Lao Tzu, also rendered as Laozi and Lao-Tze, was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He is the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching, the founder of philosophical Taoism, and a deity in religious Taoism and traditional Chinese religions.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lao-Tzu-Laozi-Lao-Tze.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-198042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lao-Tzu-Laozi-Lao-Tze-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lao-Tzu-Laozi-Lao-Tze-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Lao-Tzu-Laozi-Lao-Tze.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lao Tzu, also rendered as Laozi and Lao-Tze, was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He is the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching, the founder of philosophical Taoism, and a deity in religious Taoism and traditional Chinese religions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":198042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2254],"tags":[2255],"class_list":["post-198041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memorable-quotes","tag-quotes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}