Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIf you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
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Few people have the imagination for reality.
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How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.
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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!
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There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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Doubt can only be removed by action.
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On top of the world, or in the depths of despair.
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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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We usually lost today because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.
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