Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEWe are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
-
-
The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
The intelligent man finds everything laughable, the sensible man hardly anything.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
Leap and the net will appear.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and – if at all possible – speak a few sensible words.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE