Choosing a partner is choosing a set of problems. There are no problem-free candidates.

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.

The reverse gear of time is the mind!

When the universe presented unexpected gifts to the undeserving, how else were they to react, except with sheer paranoia?

I can't prevent storms from coming, but I can decide not to invent my own.

When I looked into the mechanics of being a businessman, I found it wasn't rocket science.

Our salvation lies not in knowing, but in creating!

The work I enjoy is when the camera rolls, and I like the work in the moment.

Creativity is enhanced by less-than-perfect control over what content is on the network.

I've heard attacks were made on coalition forces because of those. I apologize to the families of those who lost loved ones or were injured because of the photos.

Become the sky. Take an axe to the prison wall. Escape.

That's one of the main things I do, work with choreographers. I've been doing it a long time, and it's a real important part of my life as a soundmaker, making music for dance.