Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Treat Quotations

It is better to busy one's self about the smallest thing in the world than to treat a half hour as worthless

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being

Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help him become what he is capable of being

Treat a man as he is, he will remain so. Treat a man the way he can be and ought to be, and he will become as he can be and should be.

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.

If you accept people for what they are, they will become worse. Treat them like they should be, and they will become better.

If you treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

If you treat an individual as he is, he will stay as 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.

If your treat an individual ... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

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