A person hears only what they understand.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEKnowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost it?
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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Oblivion is full of people who allow the opinions of others to overrule their belief in themselves.
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We all of us live upon the past, and through the past we are destroyed.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
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Every situation–nay, every moment–is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.
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In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world, how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!
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Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.
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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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