"Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing." ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Topic(s): Great More From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it." "Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid." "No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others." More In Great "There are many of us that are willing to do great things for the Lord, but few of us are willing to do little things."― Dwight L. Moody "There is a time for all things – except marriage, my dear."― Thomas Chatterton "It takes as much imagination to create debt as to create income."― Leonard Orr