If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.

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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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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

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What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

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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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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

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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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I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.

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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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