If faculty would relax their emphasis on grades, this might serve not to lower standards but to encourage an orientation toward learning.

Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions.

If children feel safe, they can take risks, ask questions, make mistakes, learn to trust, share their feelings, and grow.

Educational success should be measured by how strong your desire is to keep learning.

Children, after all, are not just adults-in-the-making. They are people whose current needs and rights and experiences must be taken seriously.

In outstanding classrooms, teachers do more listening than talking, and students do more talking than listening. Terrific teachers often have teeth marks on their tongues.

Educators remind us that what counts in a classroom is not what the teacher teaches; it’s what the learner learns.

Saying you taught it but the student didn't learn it is like saying you sold it but the customer didn't buy it.

Whoever said there's no such thing as a stupid question never looked carefully at a standardized test.

If a child is off-task...mayb e the problem is not the child...maybe it's the task.

People will typically be more enthusiastic where they feel a sense of belonging and see themselves as part of a community than they will in a workplace in which each person is left to his own devices

In the States, tennis is sixth or seventh on the totem pole as far as sports go.

All my life I've wanted to be the kid who gets to cross over into the magical kingdom.

I think it's really nice to have an authenticity, it's a huge source for us to be able to lean on people who have that knowledge.

I believe that voices like Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader should be heard. They don't have to be president. Give 'em a chance.

I can't think of anyone who has done anything remotely useful after the age of 80.

Love Poem ـــــــــ It's so nice to wake up in the morning all alone and not have to tell somebody you love them when you don't love them any more.

In choosing Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has chosen for the future.

To create a new standard, you have to be up for that challenge and really enjoy it.

When the heart is open and balanced, we enter into a state of attraction to what we need, because the power of love is magnetic and harmonious.

Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty.