Best quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His works include four novels; epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; and treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour. In addition, there are numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him extant. ...more

Birth: August 28, 1749 - Death: March 22, 1832

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Topic(s): Men , Inspirational , Character

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Topic(s): Inspirational , Motivational , Funny

Willing is not enough, we must do.

Topic(s): Inspirational , Enough , Motivational

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

Topic(s): Life , Today , Action

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

Topic(s): Inspirational , Life , Love

Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Topic(s): World , Inspirational , Character

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Topic(s): Inspirational , Life , Home

He is the happiest man who can see the connection between the end and the beginning of life.

Topic(s): Men , Life , Ends

Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.

Topic(s): Inspirational , Life , Life Is

We can offer up much in the large, but to make sacrifices in little things is what we are seldom equal to.

Topic(s): Littles , Equal , Sacrifice

Wisdom is only found in truth.

Topic(s): Found , Wisdom , Judgment

On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.

Topic(s): Men , Long , Doe

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