We need to make sure our students are exerting themselves. We need to praise them when they deserve it and to tell them honestly when they have it in them to work harder.
Go out and do for others what somebody did for you.
If you have a question, then find the answer.
I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.
I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.
The questions are always more important than the answers.