Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes - Page 3

• 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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  What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Important, Contentment

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• I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather....In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or is dehumanized.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Integrity, Weather, Climate

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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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• Of all thieves, fools are the worst; they rob you of time and temper.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Thieves, Fool, Temper

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• Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Caring, Challenges

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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.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Moving, Commitment, Misunderstood

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• Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Wise, Live Life, Men

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• 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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• What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Motivational, Softball

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• The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Love, Beauty, Loneliness

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• We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Change, Yoga, New Beginnings

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• Enjoy what you can, endure what you must.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Advice, Enjoy, Endure

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• Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Time, Money, Greatest Wealth

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• Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Change, Clever

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• There are people who pay attention to the weaknesses of their friends; that is to no avail. I have always closely watched and profited from the strengths of my adversaries.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  People, Pay, Weakness

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• It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Thanksgiving, Blessed

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• A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Beauty, Beautiful, Art

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• The highest happiness of man ... is to have probed what is knowable and quietly to revere what is unknowable.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Happiness, Men, Inner Peace

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

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Freedom, Government, History

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

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• A joy shared is a joy doubled.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Friendship, Real, Real Friends

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• Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Heart, Sensitive Person, Giving

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

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Positive, Teamwork, Responsibility

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• Truth has to be repeated constantly, because Error also is being preached all the time, and not just by a few, but by the multitude. In the Press and Encyclopaedias, in Schools and Universities, everywhere Error holds sway, feeling happy and comfortable in the knowledge of having Majority on its side.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Truth, Lying, School

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