Teaching is a very habit-bound endeavor. We're unsettled by the unfamiliar. We're creatures of habit too.

In differentiated classrooms, teachers begin where students are, not the front of a curriculum guide.

Assessment is today's means of modifying tomorrow's instruction.

Teachers craft classrooms that are good matches for their teaching styles as well as for learner needs.

A gifted teacher has an unfailing eye for magical classrooms & loses sleep over anything less than the highest quality.

The central job of schools is to maximize the capacity of each students.

As educators we need to understand that there is no finish line in our work.

It is not so important to have all the answers as to be hungry for them.

Plan to be better today, but don't ever plan to be finished

Interest refers to student’s affinity, curiosity, or passion for a particular topic or skill.

The high stakes test culture runs almost totally counter to what we know about how people learn. It causes us to engage in professional malpractice on a regular basis.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

Playing half court or even organising a practise game against another team is a great way to train. It ensures a tough session and is often the best way to learn what works and what doesn't

The church is not an audience of spectators; we are a fellowship of disciple-makers

I am considering running for Senate, as well as other opportunities.

You get what you tolerate!

If a man is going to leave one wife to marry another, it's better if he divorces the first before he marries the second.

The best evidence of our having the truth is our walking in the truth.

We never did things as we were supposed to do. That was part of our ethic. We did what felt right to us, not what someone told us we should do.

Principles don't die. They aren't here one day and gone the next. They can't be destroyed by fire, earthquake or theft. Principles are deep, fundamental truths, classic truths.

The best-looking girls don't do anything, they just sort of know they're beautiful, especially in jeans and a hoodie.