Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe