People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.

I'd rather break stones on the king's highway than hem a handkerchief.

If my parents didn't push me and didn't support education, I probably wouldn't be here today.... Regardless of whatever they went through and how they may have been treated, they felt education was important. So, it's easier when you have the parents who support it, rather than those who don't.

The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true purpose of education, truth and justice.

I think that there are some teachers that do a very good job of incorporating culture and history. And there are some teachers who could use a little more help in that area.

The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.