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 PauschIt is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not.
Randy PauschThe most difficult part of writing a book is not devising a plot which will captivate the reader. It's not developing characters the reader will have strong feelings for or against. It is not finding a setting which will take the reader to a place he or she as never been. It is not the research, whether in fiction or non-fiction. The most difficult task facing a writer is to find the voice in which to tell the story.
Randy PauschWhen you do something young enough and you train for it, it just becomes a part of you.
Randy Pausch