Character Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the worldÂ’s torrent.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of life.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Talent develops in tranquillity, character in the full current of human life.

— Anonymous

Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world. [Ger., Es bildet ein talent sich in der Stille,…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Talent is often a defect in character.

— Karl Kraus

A talent can be cultivated in tranquility; a character only in the rushing stream of life.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Talent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human life.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes…

— Milton Glaser

Talent is like a seed which needs fertile soil. There is no less talent now, there is less fertile soil to nourish it.

— Walter Darby Bannard