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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Becoming Yourself Quotes, Self Mastery Quotes

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we...

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we...

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something...

Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something...

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be...

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...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of...

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...

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your...

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

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...

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at...

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

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.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of...