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QuoteWorld :: Excellence :: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Excellence category:
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"For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is." 4.9167 average rating  
"I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut." 4.6667 average rating  
"To be loved for what one is, is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him, their own selves, their version of him." 5.0000 average rating  
"I find the great thing in this world is, not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving." 4.2000 average rating  
"Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds." 4.8000 average rating  
"Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do."  
 




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