Teachers shouldn't make the mistake of always thinking they're the smartest person in the room

That's what teaching is, the art of explanation: presenting the right information in the right order in a memorable way.

Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.

Here, let me break it down for you, so you know what I say is true: Teachers? Teachers make a difference! Now what about you?

Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think any less of you. You want and need their approval.

The best teachers that I had were always the ones I never wanted to disappoint.

It is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too.

Everything I do is kind of a lesson, even if I am the only person who learns it.

You want to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor, and I can make a...

Say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it.

Who can teach when there are such lessons to be learned

We could give each other a hope, if we communicate with each other in the school, supermarket, bus, train, plane….!

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.

Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and terrible and really, really, really beautiful and funny.

HAPPINESS is ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED

If your knowledge teaches you not to rise above human weakness and misery and lead your fellow man on the right path, you are indeed a man of little worth and will remain such till Judgment Day.

I think it's good for moms to work. I have three daughters, so I like them to see me working and doing something I'm passionate about.

I made your sorrow mine also, that you might have help in bearing it.

Movies that encourage empathy are more effective than those that objectify problems.

En France particulie' rement, les mots ont plus d'empire que les ide es. In France particularly, words reign over ideas.