A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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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You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow.
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To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.
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Everything transitory is but an image.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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Night is the other half of life, and the better half.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.
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I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy.
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.
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When scholars study a thing, they strive to kill it first, if it’s alive; then they have the parts and they’ve lost the whole, for the link that’s missing was the living soul.
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If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.
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