Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.

I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.

Put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others.

Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress. When you're pissed off at someone and you're angry at them, you just haven't given them enough time. Just give them a little more time and they almost always will impress you.

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.

somehow, with the passage of time, and the dealines that life imposes, surrending became the right thing to do

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.