Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann WolfgangGoethetə/; German: ; 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and scientific fragments, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth28 August 1749
CountryGermany
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 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
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.
Treat a person as they are, they will remain so. Treat a person the way that person can be and is capable of being and that person will become as he or she can be and should be.
If you want someone to develop a specific trait, treat them as though they already had it.
If we take people only as they are, then we make them worse; if we treat them as if they were what they should be, then we bring them to where they can be brought.
Treat people the way they are and they will stay that way. Treat people the way they can become and they will become that way.