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

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Friendship Quotes

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their...

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

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...

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

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.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

A person hears only what they understand.

A person hears only what they understand.

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...

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself...

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

Experience is only half of experience

Experience is only half of experience

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never; but only through action. Strive...

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see...

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see...

If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy...

If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy...