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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Becoming Yourself Quotes, Self Mastery Quotes

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love,...

This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love,...

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous...

Success is more attitude then aptitude

Success is more attitude then aptitude

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Without haste, but without rest.

Without haste, but without rest.

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.

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

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

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very...

One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very...

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

Doubt can only be removed by action.

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to...

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

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...

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh...