There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven!

We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive joy through sufferings.

I am resolved to rise superior to every obstacle. With whom need I be afraid of measuring my strength? I will take Fate by the throat. It shall not overcome me. O how beautiful it is to be alive - would that I could live a thousand times!

Recommend to your children to be virtuous, only the virtue can bring us happiness, not the money.

An artist is someone who has learned to trust in himself.

He who understand my music will remain free from the miseries that the other men are dragging with them .

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.