Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

German writer and statesman

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.
– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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

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Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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‘Know thyself?’ If I knew myself, I’d run away.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Mere curiosity adds wings to every step.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I will not be as those who spend the day in complaining of headache, and the night in drinking the wine that gives it.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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He who moves not forward, goes backward.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Magic is believing in yourself. If you can do that you make anything happen.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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The indecision brings its own delays, and days are lost lamenting o’er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; what you can do, or dream you can, begin it; boldness as genius, power and magic in it
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Habit is a man’s sole comfort. We dislike doing without even unpleasant things to which we have become accustomed.
– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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If I love you, what business is it of yours?
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Treat a man as he is, he will remain so. Treat a man the way he can be and ought to be, and he will become as he can be and should be.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Wisdom is found only in truth.
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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