We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We can’t form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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
All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The most happy man is he who knows how to bring into relation the end and beginning of his life. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe