One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

Experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.

If nobody ever worried about what was in other people's heads, we’d all be 33 percent more effective in our lives and our jobs.

I feel like I'm waiting on something that isn't going to happen Don't complain; just work harder.

Brick walls let us prove how badly we want our dream and they stop those who don't want it enough. Brick walls let us show our dedication.

The 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.

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.