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.
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.
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.
We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.
One only sees what one looks for, one only looks for what one knows.
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.