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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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"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."
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"Knowing is not enough; We must Apply. Willing is not enough; We must Do."
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"Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live."
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"Whatever you can do, or believe you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."
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"Nothing is more damaging to a new truth than an old error."
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"We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden."
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"No one would talk much in society, if he knew how often he misunderstood others."
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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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"It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but not for a serious-minded man to marry a lighthearted woman."
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