Collect Beethoven's famous sayings

1. Famous artists are bound by fame, so their earliest works are often the best.

2. My art should only benefit poor people. Ah, what a happy moment! How happy I will be when I can come close to this!

3. I would like to prove that anyone who behaves kindly and noblely will be able to withstand hardships.

4. My motto is always: never stop writing; if I sometimes make the God of Art doze off, it is just to make him more excited when he wakes up.

5. Teach your children "virtue": it is virtue, not money, that makes people happy. This is my experience. What supported me in times of trouble was morality, and what kept me from committing suicide was not only art but also morality.

6. Teach your children virtue. Only virtue, not money, can make people happy. This is my experience.

7. One of the great advantages of outstanding people is their perseverance in adverse and difficult encounters.

8. Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and all philosophy. Whoever can penetrate the meaning of my music can transcend the suffering that ordinary people cannot extricate themselves from.

9. Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and all philosophy.

10. Music should spark the human spirit.

11. I want to grab fate by the throat. It wants to make me surrender, which is absolutely impossible. Life is so beautiful, live a thousand lifetimes!

12. Life is so beautiful, live it for a thousand lifetimes!

13. I don’t know of any more sacred duty than raising a child to be an adult.

14. The line that separates genius from diligence has not yet been determined—and will never be determined in the future.

15. I want to hold the throat of fate, and it will never make me surrender.

16. There is nothing more precious and valuable than time, so don’t delay what you do today until tomorrow.

17. Being able to remain steadfast in difficult times is the extraordinary quality of a truly admirable person.

18. Only through pain can there be joy.

19. Those who stand out and become famous rely on virtue, and this is also my strength.

20. A trickle of water can wear away a boulder, not because it is powerful, but because it drips day and night. Those skills can only be acquired through diligent and unremitting efforts.

21. It is most appropriate for young people to combine their responsibility for education and progress with their obligations to their benefactors and supporters. I did this with my parents.

22. Teach your children virtues: virtues, not money, make people happy. This is my experience. What supported me in times of trouble was morality, and what kept me from committing suicide was not only art but also morality.

23. Wisdom, hard work and genius are higher than nobles and riches.