Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes

 
Wolfang von Goethe

 

 


26 quotes that will change the way you see yourself


1. A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
3. Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
4. Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
5. One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
6. A person hears only what they understand.
7. I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. My personal approach creates the climate. My daily mood makes the weather…
8. Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.
9. In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.
10. As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
11. To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
12. We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
13. Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
14. If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
15. There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
16. There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
17. By seeking and blundering we learn.
18. Magic believes in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
19. Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
20. Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.
21. Behaviour is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
22. Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
23. We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.
24. Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
25. Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
26. Everything is hard before it is easy

Goethe in Italy


With affection.
Ruben

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