If 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.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEMisunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
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I laugh at my heart, and do its will.
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.
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We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
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The deed is everything; the fame is nothing.
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
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A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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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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By seeking and blundering we learn.
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In the colorful reflection we have what is life.
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.
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One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
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Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.
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