To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Government Quotes

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

Please send me your last pair of shoes, worn out with dancing as you mentioned...

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...

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.

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.

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

For the nature of women is closely allied to art

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

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

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

Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of...

Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of...

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates...

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates...

Success is more attitude then aptitude

Success is more attitude then aptitude

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long...

The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long...

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a...

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a...

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.