Quotes by Johann von Goethe

“To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.”

“A man can stand almost anything except a succession of ordinary days.”

“We must always change renew rejuvenate ourselves otherwise we harden.”

“Life belongs to the living and he who lives must be prepared for changes.”

“Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers.”

“Beware of dissipating your powers strive constantly to concentrate them.”

“The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.”

“What you can do or dream you can do begin it boldness has genius power and magic in it.”

“Nature reacts not only to physical disease but also to moral weakness when the danger increases she gives us greater courage.”

“Unrest and uncertainty are our lot.”

“Energy will do anything that can be done in this world.”

“A clever man commits no minor blunders.”

“Man errs as long as he struggles.”

“Man must strive and in striving he must err.”

“Faith is hidden household capital.”

“It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.”

“Go to the place where the thing you wish to know is native your best teacher is there. ... You acquire a language most readily in the country where it is spoken you study mineralogy best among mi...”

“If you miss the first buttonhole you will not succeed in buttoning up your coat.”

“Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough we must do.”

“To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult of all.”