Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice

The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do

You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety

Remember that failure is an event, not a person

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much

You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants