Quote #102
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
More from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
- Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.
- All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.
- Distrust those in whom the desire to punish is strong.
- Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.
- Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.
- A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness.
- Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.