“Things get done only if the data we gather can inform and inspire those in a position to make difference.”

“Learning, without any opportunities to share what we've learned, is a little like cooking for ourselves; we do it, but we probably won't do it as well.”

“Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other's fund of collective intelligence.”

“The number of books students read...is among the best indicators of student reading development.”

“Bird by bird buddy. Just take it bird by bird.”

“One common cause of this mistake of preferring to imagine and admire a great ideal instead of beginning to do little deeds is our impatience with little baby steps, our lack of humility.”

“We cant go from zero to sixty in a day or even a week when it comes to shifting our food-habit gears. We have to take baby steps, starting with an increasing awareness of our habits and a willingne...”

“If I am brave enough to stand against those who have been groomed by fear, I will recognize that where I get knocked down is all about where life begins, and has nothing to do with where it ends.”

“Although Ive been thoroughly conditioned by pain to see it otherwise, an ending is nothing more than the backside of a beginning.”

“Don't try to figure out the whole race. Just figure out where to put your foot for the starting line. Just start.”

“Yes, a war is inevitable. Firstly, there's you fellows who can't be trusted. And then there's the multitude who mean to have bathrooms and white enamel. Millions of them; all over the world. Not me...”

“Well-being is attained little by little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.”

“Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside, is a safe rule for those who would always retain the good opinion of that all-powerful, but somewhat unintelligent,...”