For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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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.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out...

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

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

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

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

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...

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have...

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have...

Success is more attitude then aptitude

Success is more attitude then aptitude

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

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...

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.

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,...

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which...

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which...

Precaution is better than cure.

Precaution is better than cure.