Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.
The teacher must herself be excited if she is to sell her goods. And she can do an exciting job in stirring the student without herself knowing all the answers.
What is needed is competence first and enthusiasm first. There is nothing second! Although each or one of these alone is a good start, one without the other is impotent. But if I had a choice I would have enthusiasm first.
What we do, if we are successful, is to stir interest in the matter at hand, awaken enthusiasm for it, arouse a curiosity, kindle a feeling, fire up the imagination.
Whatever work you undertake to do in your lifetime, it is very important that first you have a passion for it - you know, get excited about it - and second, that you have fun with it. That's important. Otherwise, you see, your work becomes nothing but an idle chore. Then, you hate the life you live.
I knew my purpose well and clear: to show how Nature behaves without cluttering its beauty with abtruse mathematics.
If I want a word, I make it. I don't like combustion. It's too quiet. I have some stuff in a state of combustication.
I think back when I was kind of a crappy writer, I really did know my time was better spent working and having adventures and seeing the world.
As consumer adoption of wireless devices continues to soar, Wi-Fi congestion is becoming a critical problem for consumers and innovators.
My first jobs were all civil service. At 14, I worked for the Canadian National Railways. At 16, I worked for the Canadian Penitentiary Service.
Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.