Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Destiny Quotes

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end...

The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end...

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once

The world remains ever the same.

The world remains ever the same.

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...

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

All things are only transitory.

All things are only transitory.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself

We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

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.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

When the conspiracy of lies surrounding me demands of me to silence the one word...

When the conspiracy of lies surrounding me demands of me to silence the one word...

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and...

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and...