The first of all qualities of a general is courage.

I've always been dissatisfied, I know that. But lately I find that I reek of discontentment. It fills my throat, and it floods my brain. And sometimes I fear there is no longer a dream, but only the discontentment.

If everyone is special, then no one is. If everyone gets a trophy, trophies become meaningless.

You can't be a full participant in our democracy if you don't know our history.

If you get down about the state of American culture, just remember there are still more public libraries in this country than there are McDonalds.

The great thing about the arts is that you can only learn to do it by doing it.

The more Adams thought about the future of his country, the more convinced he became that it rested on education. Before any great things are accomplished, he wrote to a correspondent, a memorable change must be made in the system of education and knowledge must become so general as to raise the lower ranks of society nearer to the higher. The education of a nation instead of being confined to a few schools and universities for the instruction of the few, must become the national care and expense for the formation of the many.