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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Becoming Yourself Quotes, Self Mastery Quotes

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on...

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on...

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

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.

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

An unused life is an early death.

An unused life is an early death.

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to...

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own...

Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own...

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

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.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its...

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinions of its...

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows...

Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows...

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will...

In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will...

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

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

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.

Have you not observed that faith is generally strongest in those whose character may be...

Have you not observed that faith is generally strongest in those whose character may be...

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially...

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially...