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One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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VOLTAIRE He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
CONFUCIUS He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
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MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS Ein Teil von jener Kraft, die stets das Böse will und stets das Gute schafft.

-Goethe-
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MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA One man is no more than another if he does no more than another
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SIR FRANCIS BACON There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is reall...
FRANCIS BACON SR. There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, real...
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CRISS JAMI There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest ma...
C C COLTON There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man,...
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MARTIN BERMAN-GORVINE A godly pastor thinks first of others, before he thinks of himself.
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SOCRATES A man who has never lost himself in a cause bigger than himself has missed one of life's mountaintop...
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
LEO TOLSTOY Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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A. W. TOZER An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children. He does not distribute Himself that...
AIDEN WILSON TOZER An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children. He does not distribute Himself that...
A.W. TOZER Wisdom is nothing more than confirmed imagination: just because one did not study for his exam does ...
CRISS JAMI The actual confident man, the man truly sure of himself, is not he who esteems himself higher than o...
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RENE DESCARTES All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artist...
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ALAIN PROST Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Tolstoy.
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PATRICK NIX There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do.
HENRY FORD The sage wears clothes of coarse cloth but carries jewels in his bosom; He knows himself but does no...
LAO TZU The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does what he does for one rea...
ALMA GLUCK A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
OSCAR WILDE Bill has a great way of communicating. No one believes more in this than he does. No one wants to su...
JOSH GOTTHEIMER He does not carry himself as a prima donna-type superstar. But to me he is one of the top players in...
FRANK ROBINSON A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
GRANVILLE HICKS A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
DR. LAURENCE J. PETER The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thin...
MORTIMER J. ADLER Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes
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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 bless...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Nature has neither kernel nor shell; she is everything at once
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights. [Ger., Das sterbliche Gesc...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Water its living strength first shows, When obstacles its course oppose.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Where there are no women there are no good manners
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The universal subjugator, the commonplace. [Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the mome...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Everyone hears only what he understands.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult t...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality. [G...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The sagacious reader who is capable of reading between these lines what does not stand written in t...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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 Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The society of women is the element of good manners.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Those who know nothing of foreign languages, knows nothing of their own.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Loving is a feeling that brings both joy and pain to my heart. Joy from being with you, being filled...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE If you start to think about your physical or moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unp...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Each one sees what he carries in his heart
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A wounded heart can with difficulty be cured. [Ger., Doch ein gekranktes Herz erholt sich schwer.]
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE For to give is the business of the rich. [Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE When I err every one can see it, but not when I lie. [Ger., Wenn ich irre kann es jeder bemerken; ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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