One key factor in the downward spiral in our educational system is that there is too much stroking and too little real feedback.

An injured lion wants to know if he can still roar.

I also think my dad would be reminding me that kids — more than anything else — need to know their parents love them. Their parents don't have to be alive for that to happen.

Too many people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one tenth the enrgy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.

I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.

We don't beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well.

The size of your audience doesn't matter. What's important is that your audience is listening.