The older I get, the more I appreciate my childhood. It was paradise.

. . . hope resides in the future, while perspective and wisdom are almost always found by looking to the past.

The solution to terrorism is education, not bombs.

And they did it with something that is basicly worthless in our society - pennies. But overseas, pennies can move mountains

According to UNESCO: there are over 154 million children in the world deprived of education due to poverty, slavery, racism, religious extremism, gender discrimination, and geographical isolation. The cost to educate a child in the third world is about $ 1 per month per child. To achieve global literacy, the investment would be $ 8 billion per year for 15 years.

Slow down and make building relationships as important as building projects.

...education is a sacred thing, and the pledge to build a school is a commitment that cannot be surrendered or broken, regardless of how long it may take, how many obstacles must be surmounted, or how much money it will cost. It is by such promises that the balance sheet of one's life is measured.