What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEThe deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
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To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.
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