"Love and desire are the spirit’s wings to great deeds." ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Topic(s): Great More From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do." "Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest." "It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united." More In Great "All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant’s revolving door."― Albert Camus "Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together."― Thomas Dekker "Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I’ll forgive Thy great big joke on me."― Robert Frost