Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann WolfgangGoethetə/; German: ; 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth28 August 1749
CountryGermany
A person can stand almost anything except a succession of ordinary days.
One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.
Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.
Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.
Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it is securely founded; that it be successfully executed.
We are the slaves of objects around us, and appear little or important according as these contract or give us room to expand.
On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.
Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not.
You must either conquer and rule or serve and lose, suffer or triumph, be the anvil or the hammer.
The day is committed to error and floundering; success and achievement are matters of long range.
The day is for mistake and error, sequence of time for success and carrying out. The one who anticipates is master of the day.
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
Live dangerously and you live right.