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.

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

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.

Who can teach when there are such lessons to be learned

There is nothing as dangerous as an economist who only knows economics except the moral philosopher who knows no economics.

The food you eat can be either the safe & most powerful medicine or the slowest poison.

Wasteland is land which is worthlessfor cultivation. Like a child who has been emotionallybruised in a way that can never heal.

An eternity is any moment opened with patience.

I would love a family. I'm at the age where the wish for a child gets stronger. But who knows.

Decide to be your best. In the long run the world is going to want and have the best and that might as well be you.

Opportunities are a tricky crop, with tiny flowers that are difficult to see and even more difficult to harvest.

I'm in film school, so I really have to sock away my money for school, tuition, and so on, and I really don't have time.

If it's a good role, I'm happy to play it.

She believes that Tobias belongs to her now. She doesn't know the truth, that he belongs to himself.