Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind.

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.

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.

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.

All the movies used to be 'colossal'. Now they're all 'frank'. I think I liked 'colossal' better.

I love the idea of living a life that is completely humble and quiet.

The more one works, the better one works, and the more one wants to work. The more one produces, the more fertile one grows.

When you express your unique talents and use them in the service of humanity, you create abundance in your life and the lives of others.

Why does the past look so enticing to us? For the same reason why from a distance a meadow with flowers looks like a flower bed.

The subject for a lot of non-fiction is very emotional, but if you read it, it's the most boring, dry stuff. I wanted 'Torn Apart' to be extremely accessible and readable.

The Bible has the answers to our everyday life. Many times people don't realize how practical it is.

Try to change it and you will ruin it. Try to hold it and you will lose it.

I like my life alone.

The world tilted slightly sideways. 'I think I need to sit down.' The floor seemed like the best option. It was close and he'd already proved that he could hit it. His legs folded.