Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.

Speaking English is like tongue-twist for me. I can speak each word perfect, but then you have to string them together like, ‚Blah, blah, blah.‘ That’s when I get crazy.

Suppose I criticise Iran. What impact does that have? The only impact it has is in fortifying those who want to carry out policies I don’t agree with, like bombing.

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same.

What keeps me going is goals.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?

I love playing under pressure. In fact, if there’s no pressure, then I’m not in the perfect zone.

Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

Practice yourself, for heaven’s sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

Engineering training deals with the exact sciences. That sort of exactness makes for truth and conscience. It might be good for the world if more men had that sort of mental start in life even if they did not pursue the profession.

I mean, I went to a Catholic boys‘ school for a year, but that was to play hockey. Religion class was quite contentious for me.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.

I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when I didn’t write. I started again at 16 and have no idea why, but it was suddenly the only thing I wanted to do.

It’s a frustrating game because the situations so drastically change at different times over the course of the week, the game, the season. It feels like brain surgery at times.

We’ve got to dumb America up again.

I’m not a big believer in trying to jam stuff down somebody’s throat: ‚You’re going to do it my way.‘ I’d rather show by example and live my life and have people say, ‚You know what, I want to live like Joel has. He’s got peace and joy, and he seems content.‘

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

I’m a big perfectionist! I’m trying to channel super-confident women like Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey and Beyonce, because I realized that if you want something, you really have to go for it, just like they do.

Thomas Jefferson once said, ‚We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.‘ And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.

It’s hard to improve public education – that’s clear.

I believe in libraries because most students don’t have any money.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

The harder I work, the luckier I become.

If you don’t like what you’re doing, then don’t do it.

Teachers are expected to be teachers, psychiatrists, nurses, sociologists, psychologists, surrogate moms or dads, as the case may be.

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

I was a class clown. At 12, I was definitely clowning. I was making all the jokes. But I was smart, so the teachers didn’t know what to do with me.

I think there are a number of things that you can do to encourage your kids‘ dreams, but I do believe in speaking by experience of having a lot of help along the way, stumbling in the past. We’ve all stumbled, and we certainly all deserve to get up and walk again.

In this world filled with challenges, we do need help from time to time. Religion, eternal truth, and our missionaries are vital parts of that help.

Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day – it all just hurts.

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

I have the ’77 Million Paintings‘ running in my studio a lot of the time. Occasionally I’ll look up from what I’m doing and I think, ‚God, I’ve never seen anything like that before!‘ And that’s a real thrill.

If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you – until you get your revenge.

Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill an emu, acted out in song or dance, or that Uncle George was eaten by a croc over there, don’t go there to swim, then those young people don’t have to find out by trial and error.

My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you’re moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

Clinicians, academicians, and politicians are often put to a test of faith. In pursuit of their goals, will their religion show or will it be hidden? Are they tied back to God or to man?

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

We all have a tendency to avoid our weaknesses. When we do that, we never progress or get any better.

Through my education, I didn’t just develop skills, I didn’t just develop the ability to learn, but I developed confidence.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Academic qualifications are important and so is financial education. They’re both important and schools are forgetting one of them.

Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs.

I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

When I start to write, I don’t have any plan at all. I just wait for the story to come.

Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place.

Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.

I learned from the guys before me – Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Richard Pryor, just to name a few. These are guys that let it all hang out. What they lived is what they took to the stage.

I’m turned on by guys who are cultured. That’ll keep me intrigued. They don’t have to have a single degree, but they should speak other languages or know things about other parts of the world or history or certain artists or musicians. I like to be taught. I like to sit on that side of the table.