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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Becoming Yourself Quotes, Self Mastery Quotes

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest...

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions and ossify the...

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

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

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.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art.

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there...

Precaution is better than cure.

Precaution is better than cure.

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or...

People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or...

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking

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...

The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long...

The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long...

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must...

Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must...

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks...

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks...

If our greatest hungers were to be granted as easily as our bodily needs, we...

If our greatest hungers were to be granted as easily as our bodily needs, we...