Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Person, Themselves, Level

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Him, Himself, Achieve

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Adversity, Means, Fresh

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Quite, Task, Sides

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Himself, Shows, Master

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fear, Greatest, Him

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Miracles, Mysteries

On all the peaks lies peace.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Peace, Lies, Peaks

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Time, Enough, Apply

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Peace, Mind, Through

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Difficult, Sowing, Reaping

Superstition is the poetry of life.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Talk, Whenever, Absent

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Alone, Him, After

The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Age, Science, Credit

The human mind will not be confined to any limits.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Mind, Human, Limits

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Place, Seldom, Principal

There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Love, Heart, Behavior

Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life, Hope, Dead

To create something you must be something.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Hard, Necessity, Fancy

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Men, Person, Purpose

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Made, Last, Ourselves

We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Time, Enough, Aright

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wish, Further, Wished

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Poet

Born: August 28, 1749

Died: March 22, 1832

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