We are what we repeatedly do. Therefore, excellence is not an act but a habit.

The world is full of smart people . . . and most of them are insufferably boring and unimpressive.

don’t try to be better than somebody else, but never cease trying to be the best you can be.

Your kids will be whatever you make them.

And, of course, often a parent who actively exposed their kid to different things.

nurture trumped nature,

A lot of parents will do anything for their kids, except let them be themselves. —Banksy

Because there are little people who did not choose to be stuck in the same house with you and should not have to be trapped with a monster or a brick wall for a parent.

And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good. —John Steinbeck