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

Biography - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche:

German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet and philologist whose work deeply influenced modern thought.
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!

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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

(French, German)

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

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra

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

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Also sprach Zarathustra

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.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Human, All Too Human /

... but we want to be the poets of our life—first of all in the smallest, most everyday matters.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - The Joyful Science /

All of us harbour in ourselves hidden gardens and plantations;

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - The Joyful Science /

Become who you are!

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra /

to be

We are so fond of being out among Nature, because it has no opinions about us.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Human, All Too Human /

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.”

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra /

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