A person hears only what they understand.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

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

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

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and...

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and...

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

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

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

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the...

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the...

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

Despair is the conclusion of fools

Despair is the conclusion of fools

He that lives upon hope will die fasting

He that lives upon hope will die fasting