Friedrich Schiller

"It is not the work that is hard; it is the disinclination to the work."

"The fairest conquest is the one made through love, not war."

"Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural."

"Through education is the state refined."

"Misery sharpens the powers of the mind."

"True earnestness is an essential condition for all effectual work."

"Hope paints a landscape upon our ruined prospects."

"The moment which is golden to us is worth a lifetime which has passed away."

"Where our condition is the most wretched, our impatience is the most violent."

"The noblest of all joys is the joy of becoming better."

"There are three lessons I would write today: faith, hope, and love."

"The highest beauty is that of the order of the universe."

"Those who believe a thing to be bad, lose some credit by so believing."

"The strongest of all warriors are these two—Time and Patience."

"Do something noble and wonderful that will prove you haven't been thinking only of yourself."

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."

"Behind a delicate countenance is often hidden an invincible heart."

"What force can restrain imagination? What shape can it not assume?"

"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves."

"Patience is power; time is the measure of all things."

"The world needs beauty as well as bread."

"Who would not be disillusioned when finding that the world was not made for him."

"The height of culture is when we cease to talk about moods and to act from them."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"Only the unbending mind can achieve greatness."

"Joy is given, not earned."

"Do not mistake me for a moment of weakness."

"Life is a dream a little less inconstant than the rest."

"The deeper silence of eternity alone comprehends perfection."

"All other pleasures fade away before the pleasures of sport and dancing."