Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHEIf 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.
More Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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Behaviour is a mirror in which every one displays his own image.
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For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
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Leap and the net will appear.
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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
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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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Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
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Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness.
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I love those who yearn for the impossible.
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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.
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Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.
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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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Everything transitory is but an image.
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The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
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If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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