Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHETo think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better.
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I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.
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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
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The rich want good wine, the poor, plenty of wine.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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