Teaching is a wonderful way to learn.

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.

The world needs courage and conscience that can penetrate into the darkest mysteries and secrets of the universe.

But all I really learned is that money is powerful enough to bend the rules. Rhiannon:0, Dad:1.

Just like when you're young and in love, a seven-hour plane ride can seem like a lifetime.

Half of all people who go bankrupt cite a medical problem as one of the things that drove them into bankruptcy.

Plays are not as important as players, and players are not as important as teammates

I'm only rich because I know when I'm wrong...I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.

This silly world outside thinks it is finished with Jesus Christ but they haven't even started with Him yet.

Don't think you haven't lived long enough to have a story to tell.

Everyone is born with a certain potential. You may never achieve your full potential, but how close you come depends on how much you want to pay the price.

If you're going through hell, Keep on going, don't slow down, If you're scared, don't show it You might get out Before the devil even knows you're there.