Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who read buy more books than people who don't read. In truth, I wish you'd read ten books a month, or at least buy that many.

Find your passion and follow it. You wont find that passion in things or money. Your passion must come from what fuels you from the inside. It will be grounded in the relationships you have with people and what they think of you when your time comes.

until you got ice cream spilled on you, you’re not doing field work

The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn.

Well, you can’t have just some of me, Jai,” I told her. “You appreciate the part of me that didn’t get angry because two ‘things’ we own got hurt. But the flip side of that is my belief that you don’t repair things if they still do what they’re supposed to do. The cars still work. Let’s just drive ’em.

When you're frustrated with people, when they've made you angry, it just may be because you haven't given them enough time.

You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.