Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on achievement
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”
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Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann 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 GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe 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.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
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Amanda KarchAmanda Karch I did everything I could to make it work I was casting nets into the ocean and all they were doing was returning back empty.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados We flew to heaven, and we touched the sun.
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I never want to feel like I’ve achieved my goal. It’s like Chinese farmers. They never admit that it’s a good season. They feel like they’ll be punished.
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Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson They have a sign at the beach, “no glass bottles”. I think that’s so the other sand particles don’t feel like underachievers.
Emo PhilipsEmo Philips The story of Pakistan, its struggle and its achievement, is the very story of great human ideals, struggling to survive in the face of great odds and difficulties.
Muhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali Jinnah One of the regrettable things in my life is that my dad was not around to see my stardom, to see me wrestle or to see what I achieved by the dream I had at an early age, influenced by where he would like to go.
Michaela CoelMichaela Coel Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
Charles de GaulleCharles de Gaulle My dream was maybe someday, one night I can be a guest on a talk show, and then I will have achieved everything I want.
Dick CavettDick Cavett You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
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