There is no real reason to fail a child," "Once children start failing, they begin to believe that they can't do anything. They give up.

What happened in the past that was painful has a great deal to do with what we are today, but revisiting this painful past can contribute little or nothing to what we need to do now.

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.

The ultimate use of power is to empower others.

Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced.

It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice.

This is at the heart of all good education, where the teacher asks students to think and engages them in encouraging dialogues, constantly checking for understanding and growth.

Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment.

Too many of us fail to fulfill our needs because we say no rather than yes, yes when we should say no.

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.

When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.

Women's Tongues are as sharp as two-edged Swords, and wound as much, when they are anger'd.

We’re seastnan, we live to protect, sometimes we die and I can’t think of a better way to go than fighting for someone I love.

Death doesn't frighten me now I can think peacefully of ending a long life.

I always just thought if you see somebody without a smile, give'em yours!

While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.

Practice is not a matter of years and months. It is a matter of concentration.

Maturity is a series of shattered illusions.

I've never really been about looking good - I'm just bad at that stuff.

We've got a recipe for disaster. It's huge -- this combination of body image issues and the drug's weight loss appeal.

When things get dark, they're going to get darker, and at that very moment, that's when you hang on that much tighter because that's when salvation and light come.