A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.'

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them the teacher is the most important.

Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers the second more personal and important from himself.

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher.

I think we lost a great deal of sympathy and support with the way in which the crisis was handled most importantly I think when we appeared to be grasping for too much at one time instead of identifying our priorities in a much more responsible fashion.

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

Look if you ask a child 'Would you rather have a fulfilled mother or a stay-at-home Sylvia Plath ' they'll pick Sylvia Plath every time. But I think it's really important that children don't feel their parents' emotional lives depend on their success.

So much of a professional athlete's success depends upon not necessarily the play itself but how he deals with... always saying how you deal with good is just as important as how you deal with bad.

All those who are around me are the bridge to my success so they are all important.