Big Ideas tagged with "Goethe"
- Eric Butterworth: To Be
- Gay & Katie Hendricks: Power of Re-Commitment
- Richard Koch: Pareto & 80/20: It's Everywhere!
- Joseph Campbell: Jump!
- Robin Sharma: The Secret of Happiness
- Napoleon Hill: Thoughts Are Things
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If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.
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Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
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Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness concerning all acts of initiative and creation. There is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans; that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen events, meetings and material assistance which no one could have dreamed would have come their way. I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!”
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All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them really ours we must think them over again honestly till they take root in our personal expression.
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Desire is the presentiment of our inner abilities, and the forerunner of our ultimate accomplishments.
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
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I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.
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A clever man commits no minor blunders.
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