“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Everything is hard before it is easy.”
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”
“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.”
“Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.”
“Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.”
“At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.”
“Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music.”
“You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”
“Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.”
“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”
“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.”
“To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.”
“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”
“Willing is not enough, we must do.”
“Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.”
“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”
“The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.”
“Correction does much, but encouragement does more.”
“Life is too short to drink bad wine.”
“Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.”
“The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.”
“Do not hurry; do not rest.”
“Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.”
“If you want to make life easy, make it hard.”
“This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.”
“Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.”
“Doubt can only be removed by action.”
“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.”
“Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!”
“The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.”
“He who moves not forward, goes backward.”
“Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. – Without haste, but without rest.”
“Just trust yourself and you’ll learn the art of living.”
“Enjoy what you can, endure what you must.”
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiation – creation – there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans...”
“If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.”
“Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.”
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.”
“Precaution is better than cure.”
“Every second is of infinite value.”
“The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.”
“The best slave is the one who thinks he is free.”
“Money lost, something lost. Honor lost, much lost. Courage lost, everything lost-better you were never born.”
“To quit smoking, you must first want to quit, but then you must also do the quitting.”
“In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it.”
“One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.”
“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.”
“Wisdom is found only in truth.”
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