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

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

He who moves not forward, goes backward

He who moves not forward, goes backward

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will...

In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will...

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and nature alone forms the great artist.

Nature alone is illimitably rich, and nature alone forms the great artist.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in...

The real terror of beholding sharks feeding is that that may be all there is...

The real terror of beholding sharks feeding is that that may be all there is...

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

The solution of every problem is another problem

The solution of every problem is another problem

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

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

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

Tomorrow the sun will also rise to the occasion of another day with equal grandeur....

Tomorrow the sun will also rise to the occasion of another day with equal grandeur....

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he...

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he...

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

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

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

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to...

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to...