We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Topics: Respect Quotes, Self-respect Quotes

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,...

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 you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to...

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.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

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.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

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

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

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...

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start...

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start...

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help...

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...

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them,...

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

He who moves not forward, goes backward

He who moves not forward, goes backward

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

Adversity precedes growth.

Adversity precedes growth.

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether...