List of quotes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"A person hears only what they understand."
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"The really unhappy person is the one who leaves undone what they can do, and starts doing what they don't understand; no wonder they come to grief."
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together."
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being."
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of douts of my own."
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not."
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it."
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply."
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths."
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Character develops itself in the stream of life."
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Great talent finds happiness in execution."
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Difficulties increase, the nearer we get to the goal."
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Let everyone sweep in front of his own door and the whole world will be clean."
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Correction does much, but encouragement does more."
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home."
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe