Ludwig van Beethoven

"Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est."

"My art should make only the noble-minded rejoice."

"How small a thought it is that shows vanity!"

"I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly not knock me down."

"The need of money is always the least productive need of the artist."

"Boldness is a virtue of the brave."

"Forget everything and play."

"Life without endeavor is like entering a port without sailing."

"I want to know God's thoughts; all the rest are just details."

"The sweet sorrow of love."

"Oh, that I could express the feelings that agitate me at this moment!"

"Strength is only the product of struggle."

"Work, work, and again work is the basis of all; the foundation of all good fortune."

"Death is a second birth."

"I am bound to my fate and I shall wrestle with it."

"If you wish to heal the divisions in your society, you must allow yourself to be vulnerable."

"Enthusiasm is the music of the soul."

"Men are not evil, they are only forgetful of their dignity."

"I cannot tell thee how high a value I set upon thy friendship."

"Then let us all do our duty, and leave the result to fate."

"Beauty is not a quality of the object but a projection of the subject."

"The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it."

"Do not accept praise or blame from the same people."

"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."

"I must have been born under a fortunate star."

"Know thyself."

"The world as I see it is a valley of tears."

"Patience is virtue of the noble."

"I am not a businessman, I am an artist."

"True beauty springs from the depths of one's soul."