There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build.
Randy PauschThe great thing about working out at a gym is that if you put in effort, you get very obvious results. The same should be true of college. A professor’s job is to teach students how to see their minds growing in the same way they can see their muscles grow when they look in a mirror.
Randy PauschThere's a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I'm not there yet.
Randy Pausch