Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.

Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.

Mr. Meant-to has a friend, his name is Didn't-Do. Have you met them? They live together in a house called Never-Win. And I am told that it is haunted by the Ghost of Might-have-Been.

When someone is taught the joy of learning, it becomes a life-long process that never stops, a process that creates a logical individual. That is the challenge and joy of teaching.

Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best.

Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.

I'm a teacher. A teacher is someone who leads. There is no magic here. I do not walk on water. I do not part the sea. I just love children.

If you don't give anything, don't expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it.

What all good teachers have in common, however, is that they set high standards for their students and do not settle for anything less.

It is quite unfortunate that some people hate their lives so much that they have to talk down on others in order to feel good about themselves.

Vengeance is a delicious fruit, which must be allowed to ripen in order that it may be fully enjoyed.

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint; the more restraint on others to keep off from us, the more liberty we have.

We didn't evolve to be passive victims or shoppers.

Young women who want an education will not be stopped

Everything in this world can be robbed and stolen, except one thing; this one thing is the love that emanates from a human being towards a solid commitment to a conviction or cause.

I hate stuff in my pockets, can't stand it. I'll carry stuff in my hands rather than put it in my pockets.

I have lost everything, and I am so poor now that I really cannot afford to let anything worry me.

If something bad can happen, it will.

Women are not In their best fortunes strong, but want will perjure the ne'er-touched vestal.