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1. quoteinvestigator.com › 2016/02/09 › boldnessWhat You Can Do, or Dream You Can, Begin It; Boldness Has ...

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   Feb 9, 2016 · Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it, Only engage, and then the mind grows heated— Begin it, and the work will be completed! Anster wrote the phrase “What you can do” and not “Whatever you can do” which has become common in modern times.

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   Jun 24, 2019 · Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Sometimes the phrase “Begin it!” is also added at the end, and there is a longer version that we'll discuss below. But do these lines actually originate with Goethe, as often claimed?

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4. www.goodreads.com › work › quotesFaust, First Part Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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   • “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!” ― John Anster, The First Part Of Goethe's Faust.
   • “As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, First Part.
   • “A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, First Part.
   • “Who are you then?" "I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, First Part.

5. kitdunsmore.com › 2015/01/21 › lost-in-translationLost In Translation: How Goethe Gets Credit For Words He ...

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   Jan 21, 2015 · Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. My first thought was: Goethe wrote in German. This difference is due to different translations. Since I know some German, I decided to track down Goethe’s original text and see which of the two translations was closer.

6. 4spires.com › blog › 2013“Until one is committed…” quoting the correct author

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   Jun 12, 2013 · The Society got help from various sources and after extensive research they and others have discovered that the “Until one is committed…” quotation often attributed to Goethe is in fact by William Hutchinson Murray (1913-1996), from his 1951 book entitled The Scottish Himalayan Expedition.

7. www.goodreads.com › quotes › 732206-anything-you-can“Anything you can do, or dream you do, begin it: boldness has ...

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   “Anything you can do, or dream you do, begin it: boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe tags: dreams , inspirational , success

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   Did Goethe write boldness?

   • Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. In modern times parts of the text above have sometimes been directly attributed to Goethe. In fact, none of it was written by Goethe. The couplet was from Anster and the rest should be credited to Murray.

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   Did Goethe say 'boldness and seizing the moment' in German?

   • But this Goethe quote about “boldness” and seizing the moment seems to get more attention than others. If Goethe said or wrote those words, they would be originally in German. Can we find the German source? Any good source of quotations—in any language—will attribute a quote to not only its author but also the work it appears in.

   Did Goethe Really Say "Boldness Has Genius"? - ThoughtCo

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   Are the Faust lines by Goethe?

   • The Faust lines above are definitely by Goethe. But are these? Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Sometimes the phrase “Begin it!” is also added at the end, and there is a longer version that we'll discuss below. But do these lines actually originate with Goethe, as often claimed?

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   Is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe a 'Shakespeare'?

   • As you probably know, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is Germany's “Shakespeare.” Goethe is quoted in German as much or more than Shakespeare is in English. So it comes as no surprise that I often get questions about quotations attributed to Goethe. But this Goethe quote about “boldness” and seizing the moment seems to get more attention than others.

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9. en.wikiquote.org › wiki › Johann_Wolfgang_von_GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe - Wikiquote

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   Jun 27, 2024 · Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now. Attributed to Goethe by popular British novelist Marie Corelli in her essay "The Spirit of Work" as published in The Queen's Christmas carol : an anthology of poems, stories, essays, drawings and music / by British authors, artists and composers in 1905 by The Daily Mail of London.