Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Respect Quotes

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

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

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

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

Love can do much, but duty more.

Love can do much, but duty more.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

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

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

An unused life is an early death.

An unused life is an early death.

Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!

Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!

Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head...

Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head...

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this / that offences against Charity...

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this / that offences against Charity...