When you give of yourself, it's draining.

I guarantee the people who study are going to be successful. Nothing can replace hard work.

I wanted to find ways for colleges and universities to become involved with public schools to help young people prepare for college.

It is part of the work of education to have substantive relationships with your students.

Mann There are two kinds of people: those who GIVE energy and those who DRAIN energy.

It is exciting to work with students thinking about issues of the day, from closing the achievement gap to finding a cure for cancer.

Rich kids work hard. Most black kids aren't working hard enough.

There is something exciting about being in an environment in which it's really cool to be smart.

I began to understand the challenges that first-generation college students and students of color have in college.

In life sciences, we find a reasonable balance between men and women. In engineering and computer science, we have a major problem. A very small percentage of women will be in computer science.

Most people don't realize that it's not just minorities who don't do well in science and engineering - quite frankly, you're talking about Americans.

Your deepest valleys lead you to your highest mountaintops.

A hard practicing period yields a lifelong victory

I had many clients who didn't respect me, probably because of how they were raised. We're all the walking wounded.

The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on the frequency with which it is exerted.

SkyClan's destiny is that we will never live in isolation from other cats. We're not like forest Clans, we can't shut ourselves off entirely from kittypets or rogues. And visitors will be welcome.

Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.

All animals, including humans, have a right to lives of dignity and respect, without forced intrusions.

So unlike having to convert, you know, all the cars' or all the lorries' petrol stations, once you've actually got the clean fuels, it's relatively easy to, you know, get it to the airplanes.

I respect Millar, sir: he has raised the price of literature.

God uproots the vine that He Himself has not planted.