If you're going through hell, keep going.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
I encourage students to pursue an idea far enough so they can see what the cliches and stereotypes are. Only then do they begin to hit pay dirt.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.
The mission for the day is to encourage students to think beyond traditional career opportunities, prepare for future careers and entrance into the workplace.
Our best teachers do more than impart facts and figures - they inspire and encourage students and instill a true desire to learn. That's a fine art in itself.
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.
Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Wise teachers create an environment that encourages students to teach themselves
I try to tell student writers to read as much as possible, not only literature but philosophy, theory, and to form obsessions. There's a big taboo in fiction creative writing workshops against using the self at all, and I think I try to encourage students to write the self, but to connect the self to something larger, which is to be this thinking, seeing, searching, eternally curious person, and that writing can come out of investigating and trying to understand confusion, and doubts, and obsessions.
A long term goal is to encourage students to start doing concerts in which I or the other artists will come back at the end of the school year to see their concerts.
My attitude about teaching has always been the same. From early on, I wanted to make yoga accessible so that anyone, regardless of ability, could experience its wonder, joy, and power. I encourage students to question, learn, and develop their own personal practice.
I encourage students to check out different styles of yoga and different teachers even within one system. Seek the teacher that inspires you, and practice the yoga that makes you feel the best. You'll then find the authentic practice for your life and path.
We need to bring the spiritual dimension back into yoga and encourage students to look for teachings and practices that will take them to the next level.
Creating a classroom environment that encourages students to take the risk of learning. We've known for a long time that when students lack a sense of safety or of belonging or of contribution, learning takes second place to meeting those needs.
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