Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Beginning Quotes, Ideas Quotes, Winning Quotes

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my...

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those...

Stupidity is without anxiety.

Stupidity is without anxiety.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

He who moves not forward, goes backward

He who moves not forward, goes backward

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and...

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and...

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

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.

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love...

To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love...

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

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

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.