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

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

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.

He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. [Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der bildet die Welt sich.]