You learn best by reading a lot and writing a lot, and the most valuable lessons of all are the ones you teach yourself.
The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
Ignorance is death, Knowledge is life.
Never be discouraged. Every wrong attempt left behind is another step forward, bringing you closer to your goals.
Keep your mind on your objective, and persist until you succeed. Study, think, and plan.
Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.
People often ask me if I know the secret of success and if I could tell others how to make their dreams come true. My answer is, you do it by working.
If you can’t communicate and talk to other people and get across your ideas, you’re giving up your potential.
Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.
Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
Read, read, read. Read everything.
It’s important to have specific dreams. Dream Big. Dream without fear.
Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves.
Free the child’s potential, and you will transform him into the world.
Our aim is not merely to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his innermost core.
Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world.
Your life matters. You can’t live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what’s most important is to think about the impact of your actions on the world around you.
Even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there.
There’s no such thing as a kid who hates reading. There are kids who love reading, and kids who are reading the wrong books.
True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.