All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths they become facts, or at best, part of the public character or at worst, catchwords. – T. S. Eliot
There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes Raise the sail with your stronger hand, meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do. – Soichiro Honda
When nearly a third of our high school students do not graduate on time with their peers, we have work to do. We must design our middle and high schools so that no student gets lost in the crowd and disconnected from his or her own potential. – Christine Gregoire