If you don't let a teacher know what level you are — by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance — you will not learn or grow - Stephen Covey

The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values — carefully thought about, selected and internalized values.

Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile. While we do control our choice of action, we cannot control the consequences of our choices.

responsibility — “response-ability” — the ability to choose your response.