Those of us who are in this world to educate-to care for-young children have a special calling: a calling that has very little to do with the collection of expensive possessions but has a lot to do with worth inside of heads and hearts.

A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we are loved.

I believe it's a fact of life that what we have is less important than what we make out of what we have. The same holds true for families: It's not how many people there are in a family that counts, but rather the feelings among the people who are there.

We all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying to the world who we are.

The best teacher in the world is someone who loves what he or she does, and just loves it in front of you.

How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning?

Parents who expect change in themselves as well as in their children, who accept it and find in it the joy as well as the pains ofgrowth, are likely to be the happiest and most confident parents.