A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
- Topic: Action, Happiness, Talent
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More Quotes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.
› Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
› Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
› Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The right man is the one who seizes the moment.
› Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
› Bruce Lee
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
› Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.
› Horace Mann
He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.
› Benjamin Franklin
We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
› Declaration of Independence of Unites States of America
Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full resources that are within thy reach.
› Pindar
Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
› Benjamin Franklin
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
› Bertrand Russell
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
› Washington Irving
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me.
› Erma Bombeck
