When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be.

“When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be.”

—Thomas S. Monson

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Every day I pray that I may be one of the "instruments" that makes this happen in the classroom.
Brother Richard Lalime

almost 5 years ago

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