Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”
“Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.”
“What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.”
“Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.”
“Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do.”
“Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.”
“Correction does much, but encouragement does more.”
“There are nine requisites for contented living: HEALTH enough to make work a pleasure; WEALTH enough to support your needs; STRENGTH enough to battle with difficulties and forsake them; GRACE enough to confess your sins and overcome them; PATIENCE enough to toil until some good is accomplished; CHARITY enough to see some good in your neighbor; LOVE enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others; FAITH enough to make real the things of God; HOPE enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.”
“Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished”
“Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.”
