Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
Try not to be in a hurry to get older because youth happens once in your life. Thereafter, old age stays with you forever.
I rather mistrust young men who slip into life gracefully.
An egg's true value is only known when it is broken.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
It became by mission to work with young people to help show them the way, not save them! But help them understand that there are choices that can be made today that will make the difference for their...
True Mentors, don't make their mentees a clone of themselves
In what is known as the 70/20/10 learning concept, Robert Eichinger and Michael Lombardo, in collaboration with Morgan McCall of the Center for Creative Leadership, explain that 70 percent of learning...
In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
Sometimes Eli believed his mother was embarrassed by him. I swear, my mom thinks if I do one thing differently than the average person, I'm weird, Eli said later. It's like she thinks I'm a freak or s...
No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.
If you ask an Irishman for directions, he might be quick to answer, Well if I were going there, I would not start here.
Let us do our best whilst we live for another tomorrow is coming when whilst we are long gone, another group of people shall come to either suffer from our worst or enjoy and build upon our best. Let...
Pessimistic thoughts will only yield trees unwilling to bear edible fruit. Optimistic thinking will always feed those who are willing to sit at your table".
True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
I can't say I ever remember getting less than a whole child in my 29 years here.They come in whole and I teach 'em that way.
History is so comprehensive and detailed. I couldn't be a history student. I thought there was a time when I couldn't be a history maker, because of my limited understanding of what that meant. Today,...
Standing on the shoulders of the great allows you to see further than everyone.
Leadership is giving out far more than one expects in direct return. The rewards are intangible, yet priceless.