Mr. Meant-to has a friend, his name is Didn't-Do. Have you met them? They live together in a house called Never-Win. And I am told that it is haunted by the Ghost of Might-have-Been.

None of you has ever failed. School may have failed you. Goodbye to failure, children. Welcome to success.

Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.

You can't find me 20 children in Chicago, I don't care which section you go in - you can be on Michigan Avenue or here - and they won't be able to tell you that y is a vowel when it's the final syllable in a word, as in Nancy and icy. And no one bothers to teach the rules anymore - "i before e except after c."

An error means a child needs help, not a reprimand or ridicule for doing something wrong.

Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

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