The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else.

Average feels safe but it's not. It's invisible.

We need students who can learn how to learn, who can discover how to push themselves and are generous enough and honest enough to engage with the outside world to make those dreams happen.

Every single important thing we do is something we didn't use to be good at, and in fact, might be something we used to fear.

Everyone has a comfort zone. Worth considering: How hard (and how often) are you willing to work to get out of it? You can turn that into a habit if you choose.

Skepticism doesn't help you hear.

You can be right or you can have empathy. You can't do both.