A poem is the perfect place to celebrate imperfection and exult in the ways you fall short of being the person you want to be.

That's what teaching is, the art of explanation: presenting the right information in the right order in a memorable way.

Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.

Here, let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true: Teachers? Teachers make a difference! Now what about you?

Teachers shouldn't make the mistake of always thinking they're the smartest person in the room

Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think any less of you. You want and need their approval.

The best teachers that I had were always the ones I never wanted to disappoint.

It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too.

Everything I do is kind of a lesson, even if I am the only person who learns it.

You want to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor, and I can make a...

Say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it.

It is time for you to change your negative thoughts and beliefs and stop being your worst enemy of progress.

The greatest artists express their inner self

Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.

Embrace yourself, in these times, and acknowledge yourself for the extraordinary progress you are making, as a soul, in every waking moment.

Brilliant, hard-earned and honest. The erasures and reappearances of figure and ground-that hard drama-have rarely been so movingly undertaken. A heartbreakingly beautiful work.

It is typically Norwegian to be good

Hey you! Don't be silly! Put a rubber on your willie!

We get the leaders we create.

I'm a Gemini, so I have a great time with the other guy.

A paranoid is someone who has all the facts.