The more monies we spend, the less children learn; because the more machines we have there, the more gadgets, the more gimmicks, the less children have to really think - the less they have to use their innate abilities, their curiosity, their brains.

There isn't a certain time we should set aside to talk about God. God is part of our every waking moment

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.

There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.

I believe the more difficult a child is, the more I want that child. But I won't take a child until the parent brings him to us. So it is just the opposite - we get the ones that no one else will take. We get sawdust, and we have to make boards out of it.

I have discovered few learning disabled students in my three decades of teaching. I have, however, discovered many, many victims of teaching inabilities.

That's how I try to think of education - a school is a miniature society where children learn to function in a real world.