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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Becoming Yourself Quotes, Self Mastery Quotes

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion...

The highest problem of every art is, by means of appearances, to produce the illusion...

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that...

By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that...

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

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...

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all...

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

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...

In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which...

In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which...

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.

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...

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

There is no patriotic art and no patriotic science

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, I hear them all at...

Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, I hear them all at...

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you...

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you...