The growth mindset is meant to help kids learn, not to paper over the fact that they are not learning.

A climax should provide the feeling of catharsis. This Greek word actually means 'vomiting up' or 'purging,' but in English has come to mean a purifying emotional release, or an emotional breakthrough.

The most important thing in leadership is truly caring. The best leaders care about people they lead, and people know when caring is genuine. - Dean Smith

Don't figure everything out on your own. Learn from the wisdom of the past. It was hard-earned.

Control is such an illusion. People who are into control have basically internalized sufficient principles or natural laws of life so that they think they are the ones making things happen.

Prayer’s real purpose is to put God at the center of our attention, and forget ourselves and the impression we are making on others.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.

I define a project as any desired result that can be accomplished within a year that requires more than one action step.

Never pay more for a stock than its firm foundation of value.

Stocks aren’t lottery tickets. There’s a company attached to every share. Companies do better or they do worse. If a company does worse than before, its stock will fall. If a company does better, its stock will rise.