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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Quote of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Let it not be your honor...


Biography - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche:

German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet and philologist.
Born: 1844 - Died: 1900
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

Let it not be your honor henceforth whence you come, but where you go!


Note 

Note



Other version: "Not where you come from shall constitute your honor from now on, but instead where you are going!"


Quote source: Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Deutsches Textarchiv - Nietzsche, Friedrich - Also sprach Zarathustra (de) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Que ce ne soit pas là d'où vous venez, qui fasse désormais votre honneur, mais où vous allez !

German
Nicht, woher ihr kommt, mache euch fürderhin eure Ehre, sondern wohin ihr geht!




See also 

See also...



We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.


It is not the title that honors the man, but the man that honors the title.




Quotes

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche also said...




The best way to begin each day well is to think upon awakening whether we could not give at least one person pleasure on this day.





All of us harbour in ourselves hidden gardens and plantations;





Become who you are!





He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”





On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.





And life itself confided this secret to me: "Behold," it said, "I am that which must always overcome itself.












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