1. “What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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2. “Everything is hard before it is easy.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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3. “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

4. “As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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5. “Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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6. “Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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7. “At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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9. “Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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10. “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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11. “Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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12. “Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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13. “None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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14. “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.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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15. “A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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16. “To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

17. “Life is too short to drink bad wine.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

18. “Willing is not enough, we must do.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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19. “Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

20. “Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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21. “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.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

22. “Doubt can only be removed by action.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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23. “Correction does much, but encouragement does more.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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24. “The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

25. “Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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26. “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...”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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27. “Do not hurry; do not rest.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

28. “Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

29. “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.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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30. “The best slave is the one who thinks he is free.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

31. “Every second is of infinite value.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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32. “Just trust yourself and you’ll learn the art of living.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

33. “Enjoy what you can, endure what you must.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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34. “If you want to make life easy, make it hard.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

35. “The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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36. “Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

37. “He who moves not forward, goes backward.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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38. “Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. – Without haste, but without rest.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

39. “The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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40. “This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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41. “Do not give in too much to feelings. An overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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42. “The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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43. “Precaution is better than cure.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

44. “A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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45. “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.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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46. “Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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47. “One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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48. “Money lost, something lost. Honor lost, much lost. Courage lost, everything lost-better you were never born.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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49. “Wisdom is found only in truth.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

50. “When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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