Learning to deal with setbacks, and maintaining the persistence and optimism necessary for childhood's long road to mastery are the real foundations of lasting self-esteem.

Provide lots of opportunities for children's natural curiosity to manifest itself. With very young children, our role is one of supporter and guide.

Curriculum should help children make deeper and fuller understanding of their own experience

All children, are born with the disposition to make sense of their experiences.

In cooperative learning, you have a purposeful, meaningful, and authentic context in which children can sharpen their communicative skills.

Children involved in project work are encouraged to serve the group needs and share responsibility for what's accomplished.

Communicative skills develop when there's something meaningful for children to communicate about-when they are taking an active role.

We are doing earlier and earlier to children what we shouldn't do later.

Science is a particular way of thinking about things.

Keep your heart and mind open to allow things to come in.

You are good enough to make whatever you want to achieve possible. You just need to find your talent and passion, then put a heck a lot of work into it.

River water and talent can’t be stopped forever.

I think of myself as a catalyst of action and a messenger of hope, turning people onto themselves and turning people onto their dreams.

Knowledge is power. You can't begin a career, for that matter even a relationship, unless you know everything there is to know about it.

Might I trouble you to open the window, for chloroform vapour does not help the palate.

I have traveled with Jessy Dixon for the past several years and never have I been with an artists with more heart. He is the real thing.

The Republican Party's reacting now to the news of [Donald] Trump's dominance in different ways. For some, they are pushing resistance.

There are no hard and fast rules. Sometimes you work for free and get no credit or courtesy. That's why you make sure you do what you love.

America is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine.