[ jean paul richter Quotes ]
|
20 quotations
<Page 1/1
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.
[ Character ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote 
50 votes
Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.
[ Courage ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
61 votes
Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.
[ Death and Dying ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
64 votes
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
[ Action ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
44 votes
Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.
[ Friends and Friendship ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
50 votes
Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.
[ Adversity ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
57 votes
Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.
[ Age and Aging ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
54 votes
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.
[ Forgiveness ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
55 votes
I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.
[ Success ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
45 votes
It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.
[ Motivation ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
44 votes
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.
[ Happiness ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
44 votes
Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
[ Courtesy ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
62 votes
Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.
[ Writers and Writing ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
17 votes
Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.
[ Birthdays ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
48 votes
Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.
[ Memory ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
46 votes
Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.
[ Sorrow ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
62 votes
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
[ Character ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
42 votes
The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.
[ Miracles ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
37 votes
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.
[ Variety ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
42 votes
Weaklings must lie.
[ Weakness ]
Jean Paul Richter
Jean Paul Richter books
Comment this quote
42 votes