Authors: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Author details
 
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 
Nationality:   German
 
Date of Birth:   Aug 28, 1749
 
Date of Death:   Mar 22,  1832
 
Profession:   Poet
 
 
 
All Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
 
 
He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
56%  of people like this quote
Hate itLove it
 
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
56%  of people like this quote
Hate itLove it
 
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
56%  of people like this quote
Hate itLove it
 
The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
55%  of people like this quote
Hate itLove it
 
A person hears only what they understand.
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
55%  of people like this quote
Hate itLove it
 
He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess them, needs religion.
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
55%  of people like this quote
Hate itLove it
 
I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
55%  of people like this quote
Hate itLove it
 
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
55%  of people like this quote
Hate itLove it
 
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
55%  of people like this quote
Hate itLove it
 
Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
55%  of people like this quote
Hate itLove it
 
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
55%  of people like this quote
Hate itLove it
 
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
55%  of people like this quote
Hate itLove it
 
To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
54%  of people like this quote
Hate itLove it
 
Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.
 
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
54%  of people like this quote
Hate itLove it