In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.
Success isn't always going to be a huge contract; success is going to be if you just live out your purpose in life.
I think in every lesson there's a blessing, and there's so many blessings from all the lessons I've had to go through in life.
I watch Jon Stewart because I need to laugh. Otherwise, life gets too serious. Besides that, I don't watch any news.
Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white.
On the whole, the psychological work of the last quarter of the nineteenth century emphasized the study of consciousness to the neglect of the total life of intellect and character.
The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare.
The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of an animal's mental life until it verges on the unusual and marvelous.
My new life is being with my wife without any interference, and the children come see us every once in a while.
Every day people say you got to move on with your life. You have to move on. And you just can't.
Asked to give advice to a 13-year-old girl about how to lead her life, I say find something you love to do. The goal shouldn't be accumulating money. It might be making changes in the world, or in your country.
The person who has inspired me my whole life is my Mom, because she taught me commitment. She sacrificed.
The Stanford prison experiment came out of class exercises in which I encouraged students to understand the dynamics of prison life.
You know, once you have been through a certain amount of things in life, you definitely grow more comfortable with yourself.
There is so much division in this world. So what is really the path of healing? It can begin in this moment, by embracing the life that's here.
Most Americans have parents or grandparents who immigrated to this country, and we know the hardships they faced, from learning the language to dealing with prejudice.
People are adamant learning is not just looking at a Google page. But it is. Learning is looking at Google pages. What is wrong with that?
One of our key strategies has been to restructure traditional high schools into small learning communities with personalized attention and a range of options.
Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball.
I love watches. I have a Hublot, a Breitling, and a Cartier. Different accessories that I match together just to be comfortable and casual.
Chemotherapy is just medieval. It's such a blunt instrument. We're going to look back on it like we do the dark ages.
