All teachers are already leaders. It's in the nature of teaching.

One or two bad teachers is a problem with the teachers. A school with many bad teachers is a problem of leadership.

There is no algorithm for creativity.

The quality & morale of teachers is absolutely central to the well being of students and their learning.

We need standards with flexibility, not standardization with force if we are to get the best from our teachers.

High performing organizations have cultures of creativity and risk. They encourage workers to innovate and play.

Teachers create and transform energy. They are the dynamos of educational change.

It's important to be innovative when times are prosperous. It's essential to be innovative when they are not.

Standardized personalization=universal right to meaningful learning. Personalized standardization=flexible access to mandated learning.

The bags that teachers carry home symbolize their guilt about the endless care they have to give.

We must never return to the Julie Andrews curriculum where we teach "a few of my favorite things"!

It brings tears of joy to a teacher’s eye when the student becomes a great success.

The further you descend into a pit, the darker things appear. You can't keep digging to find the light.

There is no currency that buys great treasures in Heaven like obedience.

The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.

In sport, part of the game is accepting the umpire's call, no matter how hard that might be. Sometimes the calls go your way, and sometimes they don't.

While human nature largely determines how we hear the notes, it is nurture that lets us hear the music.

The most beautiful landscape cannot hold my fascinated attention as much as nature by the seaside and all that is connected with water.

The ethical person should do more then he is required to do, and less than he is allowed to.

[A]nd soon now we shall go out of the house and go into the convulsion of the world, out of history into history and the awful responsibility of Time.

Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom-box.