Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Browse 21 quotes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.”
“He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.”
“Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasures takes joy, even as though it were his own.”
“By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect.”
“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.”
“To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult.”
“Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.”
“Love does not dominate; it cultivates.”
“He only earns his freedom and his life who takes them every day by storm.”
“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”
“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.”
“Only begin and then the mind grows heated. Only begin and the task will be completed.”
“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”
“The things that matter most must never be at the mercy of the things that matter least.”
“Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.”
“Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.”
“The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.”
“Live each day as if your life had just begun.”
“Talent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human life.”
“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.”
“A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.”
