One of the things that even wealthy children need is an education, and I think the problems I saw really have nothing to do with economics. So I was unhappy with what my own children were getting even in the better schools, and then I was seeing so many children here recruited for failure.

Praise is essential in developing the right attitude toward learning and toward school.

There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.

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.

Death cannot put the brakes on a good dream.

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.