Quotes About Potential

I was a really good student. In the sixth grade, I was reading at a twelfth grade reading level. But I got bored.

Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.

Occasionally a student writer comes up with something really beautiful and moving, and you won't know for years if it was an accident or the first burst of something wonderful.

I was a completely below-average high school student. I never went to college.

'No Child Left Behind' requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms.

I don't think that everyone should become a mathematician, but I do believe that many students don't give mathematics a real chance.

And certainly having gone to Oxford, and seen some of the other students there, I wouldn't say the ones at my school were less capable. They could've been there.

The college that takes students with modest entering abilities and improves their abilities substantially contributes more than the school that takes very bright students and helps them develop only modestly.

All students can learn.

I always tell my students that, in fiction, the opening is a clue to the work's DNA: not only what it is, but what it will become, where it will lead you.

Our students are the best investment we can make for our country and our future economic prosperity. It's in our best interest to ensure they're receiving the best education possible and maximizing their potential.

The only way to ensure that our promise to provide every opportunity for students with disabilities, and help them achieve their full potential, is to give our schools the dollars they need.

Math proficiency is the gateway to a number of incredible careers that students may never have considered.

The importance of 'Dream School' is monumental. Helping to inspire these students to reach their potential is personally gratifying.

I wasn't very good in academics, but I could have been if I could have studied well. I was a smart kid.

I don't think I am an actor, because I haven't studied to be an actress.

While I was making my solo films, RKO was busily trying to get me and Fred Astaire back together. The studio wanted to capitalize on the success of 'Flying Down to Rio' and realized that the pairing of Rogers and Astaire had moneymaking potential.

I often thought that if I had been working with Mark James at American Studios, I would have had a pop hit before I ever moved out of Memphis. But that didn't happen.

One of the most rewarding aspects of my research has been the opportunity to study the potential applications of a new catalyst.

Every child should get an opportunity to study irrespective of the economic status.

I think I have music in me! I had a scholarship to study singing at one point, and I've never really done anything about it. I've done some music on stage, but it's been a long time. It would be kind of fun.

I actually was a good student, but I never applied myself 'cause I was always like, 'I don't love doing this.' I wasn't passionate about school. I always got a B just to pass. But what's crazy is I got a 29 on my ACT test without even studying. So I was always, like, just smart - but never really cared.

While I was studying in class V, my school's PT teacher happened to make me run alongside the current sub-district champion from our school. I came first - that was when my ability was identified.

I'm just a kid - I've got a lot of stuff to do yet.