Labor is service and service is life. And when we serve something more than ourselves, we feel alive.

Break through the bonds of your past.

Time and again, researchers have shown that students' capabilities are powerfully impacted by the identities they develop for themselves as the result of teachers' belief in their level of intelligence.

I truly believe we all have a sleeping giant within us. Each of us has a talent, a gift, our own bit of genius just waiting to be tapped. It might be a talent for art or music... a special way of relating to the ones you love. It might be a genius for selling or innovating.... I choose to believe that our Creator doesn't play favorites, that we've all been created unique, but with equal opportunities for experiencing life to the fullest.

Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.

When it seems impossible like nothing is going to work, you are usually just a few millimeters away from making it happen.

I discovered a long time ago that if I helped people get what they wanted, I would always get what I wanted and would never have to worry.