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German
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Poet
August 28
, 1749 -
March 22
, 1832
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Motivational
Enough
Knowing
Must
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
Hope
Children
Parenting
Roots
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Positive
More
Encouragement
Much
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Beauty
Alone
Walk
Soul
Sometimes
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Inspirational
Good
Day
Song
Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Inspirational
Love
Great
Wings
The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Eyes
Your
See
Hardest
Few people have the imagination for reality.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
People
Imagination
Reality
Few People
Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Ignorance
Nothing
Action
More
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
Wisdom
People
You
Treat
Way
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There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
World
View
Nothing
Point Of View
Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Day
Time
Evening
Done
Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
God
Thoughts
Heart
Great
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Home
Peace
King
He
Happiest
If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Treat
Your
Will
He
A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mirror
Man
Manners
Portrait
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thoughts
Thinking
World
Difficult
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
World
Door
Own
Will
Everyone
Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life
You
Always
Interesting
Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Myself
Know
Run
Away
Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Hate
Step
Envy
Dislike
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
Culture
Peace Of Mind
Life is the childhood of our immortality.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life
Childhood
Immortality
Our
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Perseverance
World
Ideas
Real
Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mirror
Behavior
Everyone
Image
Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Person
Behind
Leave
Letters
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