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.

The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

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.

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.]