Goethe Quotes – Inspiring Words from a Literary Genius

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

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Goethe Quotes – Inspiring Words from a Literary Genius part 2

By seeking and blundering, we learn. – 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 best slave is the one who thinks he is free. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A useless life is an early death. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold onto them. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

What ignoble ways get take wing in the soul of man when he is caught in fondness for gain. – 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

Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Every limitation is but a misunderstanding. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A person hears only what they understand. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand more. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life is the childhood of our immortality. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The way you see people is the way you treat them. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Character develops itself in the stream of life. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A personality is born when a person unites the impetus of the soul with the light of reason. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The human being is only interesting when he’s in the process of expansion. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

Knowing is not everything; it is only the beginning. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors, that which it loves, and also that which it fears. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe