Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Self Development Quotes

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

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

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

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

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.

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than...

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better than...

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

All things are only transitory.

All things are only transitory.

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but...

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

In all things it is better to hope than to despair

Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without...

Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without...

Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair

Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair

You will no longer be afraid, if you stop hoping

You will no longer be afraid, if you stop hoping