Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Self Development Quotes

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates...

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

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

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

A person hears only what they understand.

A person hears only what they understand.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs...

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs...

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.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the...

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the...

The little man is still a man.

The little man is still a man.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

On all the peaks lies peace.

On all the peaks lies peace.

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.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and...

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and...

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

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.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.