Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Character Quotes

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Age merely shows what children we remain.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Error is acceptable as long as we are young but one must not drag it along into old age.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

If I love you, what business is it of yours?

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... In the real world all rests on perseverance.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.

- Martha Washington

If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed.

- Marcus Aurelius

Character is higher than intellect… A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't become the most successful person that nobody likes.

- Mel Robbins

When someone betrays you, it is a reflection of their character, not yours.

- Anonymous

What you are will show in what you do

- Thomas Edison

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

- George Bernard Shaw

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.

- Charles Darwin

Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.

- Benjamin Franklin