Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it.

Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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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...

Without haste, but without rest.

Without haste, but without rest.

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...

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and...

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and...

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

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...

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

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.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests...

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests...

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.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man,...

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...