If you can't make a mistake, you can't make anything.

There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.

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

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

I'm not one of those who say this is the way. I'm not that opinionated. I can only say this is my way. Even the $1,000 scholarship that my son could have gotten from the state of Illinois to go to college, we didn't want. I'd rather get out and work and have my children know that their money comes from their parents and we have to work for it.

When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.

Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.