Changing my username to "GoetheGirl"

No, I'm not, but after stumbling upon the brainyquotes page for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I feel like I should!

I had heard of Goethe before, but I never knew that SO many of his quotes were, well, HIS!  So, without further ado, this blog is dedicated to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

*Dream no small dreams for they have the power to move the hearts of men.

*All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.

*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.

*Knowing is not enough; we must apply.  Willing is not enough; we must do.

*As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

*Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

*Do not give in too much to feelings.  An overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

*This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

*Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

*A person hears only what they understand.

*Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

*Common sense is the genius of humanity.

*It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.

*In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm.  In the real world all rests on perseverance.

*The way you see people is the way you treat them.  The way you treat them is what they become.

*He only earns his freedom and his life who takes them every day by storm.

*Magic is believing in yourself.  If you can do that, you can make anything happen.

*A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

*Correction does much but encouragement does more.

*If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

*Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

*The person born with a talent they were meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

*Everyone wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

*Let everyone sweep in front of his own door and the whole world will be clean.

*Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.

*NOTHING IS WORTH MORE THAN THIS DAY.

So let's go to it!  Make it an ON PLAN day!  =)