What all good teachers have in common, however, is that they set high standards for their students and do not settle for anything less.

A person cannot all of a sudden become good at what they do just by switching streams.

Excellence is not an act, but a habit.

Education is the thing. This black-white bit - I don't deal with people that way. I deal with it as if you are another individual. If you do something that perturbs me or aggravates me, I do not think you've done it because I'm black.

If you don't give anything, don't expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it.

Until kids decide, 'I am a miracle. I am unique. There is no one else exactly like me,' they can never draw the conclusion, 'Because I'm a miracle, I will never harm another person who's a miracle like me.' In this slippery world, they all need something to hang on to.

You can pay people to teach, But you can't pay them to care.