Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Participation Quotes, Responsibility Quotes

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them...

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...

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...

Since I have heard often enough that everyone in the end has his own religion,...

Since I have heard often enough that everyone in the end has his own religion,...

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that...

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

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...

We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them...

We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them...

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch...

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch...

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs...

He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs...

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches...

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...

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like...

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.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.

That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love,...

That is the true season of love; when we believe that we alone can love,...

When your looking for your Mr.Right you will never find him but when you least...

When your looking for your Mr.Right you will never find him but when you least...

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.