Wow, that's a really good score. You must have worked really hard.

No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.

In a growth mindset, challenges are exciting rather than threatening. So rather than thinking, oh, I'm going to reveal my weaknesses, you say, wow, here's a chance to grow.

Effort is one of those things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it.

The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning.

What did you learn today? What mistake did you make that taught you something? What did you try hard at today?

Test scores and measures of achievement tell you where a student is, but they don't tell you where a student could end up.

Failure is information-we label it failure, but it's more like, 'This didn't work, I'm a problem solver, and I'll try something else.'

Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?

Important achievements require a clear focus, all-out effort, and a bottomless trunk full of strategies. Plus allies in learning.

The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn.

I am telling you what I know—words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them.

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?

Is it mad to pray for better hallucinations?

My truths do not last long in me. Not as long as those that are not mine.

I am one of the most idiosyncratic people around.

Never lick a steak knife.

Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.

The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of sorrow from him.

I figured out some basic stuff: that form and colour defines your perception of the nature of an object, whether or not it is intended to.

There are a million good tunes.