I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status for leadership for the affection of the teachers. I hated it.
The more consistent a father can be or a mentor can be in the person's life and teach them principles of real solid manhood character integrity and leadership the more consistent you can be in the person's life and teach them those things at a younger age and then the better off they'll be.
I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.
If we are to negotiate the coming years safely we may need a new kind of leadership. To put it more precisely we need the rediscovery of an ancient kind of leadership that has rarely been given the prominence it deserves. I mean the leader as teacher.
Golf is about knowledge and studying another player - more than listening to a teacher - is the best way to get it.
Knowledge is the consequence of time and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom.
Throughout the past there has been a lack of intimacy affection and regard for Islam by Christianity. This to a large extent has been due to a lack of knowledge of the great human and spiritual ideals for which Islam and the teachings of Islam stand.
Harvard is first and foremost a university and not a consulting operation and our job here is to teach and to research and to create knowledge on Asia in conjunction and in cooperation with scholars as well as with political intellectual and cultural leaders in Asia.