German - Poet | August 28, 1749 - March 22, 1832
Great thoughts and a pure heart, that is what we should ask from God.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
GodHeartGreatThoughtsAskPure
If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
TreatWillBecomeIndividualYour
The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.
ManPlacePrincipalFirstSeldom
Character develops itself in the stream of life.
LifeCharacterStreamItself
Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.
LoveRelationshipMenYoungPromise
Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.
PersonLettersLeaveBehindMost
Life is the childhood of our immortality.
LifeChildhoodImmortalityOur
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
DreamsPowerMenSmallDreamMove
The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.
EyesSeeHardestYourFrontThing
Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.
LifeInterestingYouWillSeize
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
LifeWisdomFreedomAloneDayOwn
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
CharacterManNothingMoreThanHe
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