Too often, shared visions really mean, "I have a vision; you share it!"

One or two bad teachers is a problem with the teachers. A school with many bad teachers is a problem of leadership.

There is no algorithm for creativity.

The quality & morale of teachers is absolutely central to the well being of students and their learning.

We need standards with flexibility, not standardization with force if we are to get the best from our teachers.

High performing organizations have cultures of creativity and risk. They encourage workers to innovate and play.

Teachers create and transform energy. They are the dynamos of educational change.

It's important to be innovative when times are prosperous. It's essential to be innovative when they are not.

Standardized personalization=universal right to meaningful learning. Personalized standardization=flexible access to mandated learning.

The bags that teachers carry home symbolize their guilt about the endless care they have to give.

We must never return to the Julie Andrews curriculum where we teach "a few of my favorite things"!

Because we are always growing, life compounds and magnifies what is already in us.

If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.

People have always thought I was "on" something. After a while I began to think they knew something I didn't know! But I don't know, I just love living. And I love doing what I do.

With growing experience, all skillful commanders sought to profit by the power of the defensive, even when on the offensive.

My entire life has been a lie.

A sense of concern for others gives our lives meaning; it is the root of all human happiness

When I was a kid, you listened to a certain genre. Now it's like, "I love indie rock, I love hip-hop, jazz, funk." Also, we knew it couldn't be the same thing each year.

I look very different from how people expect me to be... Clearly they think I'm a great big fat viking.

We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out.

Dear Hitler Take away the torches I'm not guilty I had to have this