Every day that you don't practice is a day you're getting worse.

Do you know what a foreign accent is? It's a sign of bravery.

There's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.

Tenacious practice, practice, practice is crucial for excellence; rote repetition is underrated in America.

Chinese parents believe that their kids owe them everything.

I think if you're a 'tiger parent' early on, you don't need to be a 'helicopter parent' in high school.

Be modest, be humble, be simple.Make sure you come in first so that you have something to be humble about.

I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.

Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are younger makes it so much easier by the time they get into high school.

My goal as a parent is to prepare you for the future, not to make you like me.

We all want to do the right thing for our children. We all don't know what that is and we all - you know, you won't know until the future.

Make yourself feel good. Be enthusiastic about your day.

Mature Christians daily recognize how short they fall in keeping God's law and realizes how desperately they needs God's grace.

we're thieves, we're rats. We know when to fight and when to run.

I didn't want to tell the tree or weed what it was. I wanted it to tell me something and through me express its meaning in nature.

Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.

If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

Conservation of energy also protects our environment.

Rest, brother, rest. Have you done ill or well Rest, rest, There is no God, no gods who dwell Crowned with avenging righteousness on high Nor frowning ministers of their hate in hell.

The rich have grown richer, but their tax rate has declined. The poor have grown poorer, but their taxes have increased.

When you start off by telling those who disagree with you that they are not merely in error but in sin, how much of a dialogue do you expect?