To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It happened to us; we are its victim, and we have no control over it.

Effective teaching may be the hardest job there is.

Good or bad, everything we do is our best choice at that moment.

Everybody needs one essential friend.

To focus on discipline is to ignore the real problem: We will never be able to get students (or anyone else) to be in good order if, day after day, we try to force them to do what they do not find satisfying.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior. In other words, begin to act the part, as well as you can, of the person you would rather be, the person you most want to become. Gradually, the old, fearful person will fade away.

There is no real reason to fail a child," "Once children start failing, they begin to believe that they can't do anything. They give up.