Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes - Page 2

• A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Slave, Command

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1964). “Goethe : [selected Verse]”

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  Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Mirrors, Empathy, Behaviour

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• Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.

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  Time, Yesterday, Mindfulness

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• Kindness is the golden thread that holds society together.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Kindness, Together, Golden

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• Tell me with whom you associate, and I will tell you who you are.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Romantic, Famous Love, Best Love

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1989). “Conversations of German Refugees ; Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years, Or, The Renunciants”, p.296, Princeton University Press

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• The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

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  Freedom, Government, History

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2015). “Maxims and Reflections”, p.99, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.

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  Positive, Teamwork, Responsibility

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• Hell begins the day that God grants you the vision to see all that you could have done, should have done, and would have done, but did not do.

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  Memories, Should Have, Religion

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• Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.

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  Inspirational, Caring, Challenges

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• A joy shared is a joy doubled.

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  Friendship, Real, Real Friends

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• There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

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  War, Stupid, Aggressive

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• Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.

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  Self Esteem, Believe, Yoga

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• Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.

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  Love, Life, Happiness

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• Belief is not the beginning of knowledge - it is the end.

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  Knowledge, Belief, Ends

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• Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Smile, Laughter

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you want someone to develop a specific trait, treat them as though they already had it.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Want, Treats, Traits

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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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  Heart, Sensitive Person, Giving

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• The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Knowledge, Doubt, Greater

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1853). “Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art”, p.24

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• Our senses don't deceive us: our judgment does

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  Judging, Doe, Judgment

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• The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

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  Love, Beauty, Loneliness

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• What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Motivational, Softball

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• Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Attributed to Goethe by Johannes Falk in "Goethe aus näherm persönlichen Umgange dargestellt", 1832.

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• Everything is hard before it is easy.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred...unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

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  Moving, Commitment, Misunderstood

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• Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Children

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