Don't judge. Teach. It's a learning process.

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.

A man who is born to be hanged can never be drowned.

The Duke is worried you lack the fitness to walk up Bond Street. You’re generation lacks the drive.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai.

Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth

The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.

Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness.

I like rock music. I like jazz better, though.

When we work, we work. When we pray, God works.

Is the future of humanity really about clouds you can't see and chips you can't eat?

Your culture is your brand.