Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tune without the words - and never stops at all.
Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” That’s why I’m going. So I don’t have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps.
What is a teacher? I’ll tell you: it isn’t someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.
If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.
If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
What’s the point in being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable? How very odd, to believe God gave you life, and yet not think that life asks more of you than watching TV.
If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.
To live is to learn, and to learn is to live. Live. Learn.
Sometimes what you want is right in front of you. All you have to do is open your eyes and see it.
The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice.
Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
Young people need models, not critics.
You cannot change your future, but you can change your habits, and surely your habits will change your future.
Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.
When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes.
As a young citizen of India, armed with technology and love for my nation, I realize, a small aim is a crime.