He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEInstruction does much, but encouragement everything.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
-
-
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
What I possess, seems far away to me, and what is gone becomes reality.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE -
If you’ve never eaten while crying you don’t know what life tastes like.
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 -
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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 -
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE