Noncognitive Quotes

#1. Early intervention programs enrich adverse family environments. The largest effects of the early intervention programs are on noncognitive traits. Now, what do I mean by that? I mean perseverance, motivation, self-esteem, and hard work.

James Heckman

#2. There was, in his mind, no truer measure of stupidity than to imagine that the world could be reduced to two sides,

Steven Erikson

#3. Yes, as long as it is admitted that the law may be diverted from its true mission, that it may violate property instead of securing it, 12everybody will be wanting to manufacture law,

Frederic Bastiat

#4. Are you saying I have a short attention span?" "Not at all. I'm saying there's a fire in you that drives everything you do, that makes you need to better the world and those you love. To stand up for those you can't. It's one of the wonderful things about you.

Richelle Mead

#5. I thought you understood where I'd lost what you call my heart at the time.

Henrik Ibsen

#6. I realize how much ballet gave me, and because of ballet, I'm known as a graceful gymnast.

Svetlana Boginskaya

#7. Just the kind of girl I liked - the weirdo in the bunch.

Anthony Kiedis

#8. It isn't for the moment you are struck that you need courage, but for that long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

#9. It's never too soon to worry. Worry spurs preparation.

Laini Taylor

#10. If you ever see a man trying to drown his sorrows, kindly remind him that his sorrows can swim.

Pittacus Lore

#11. I'm glad to be part of that brand and be a part of something that Hugh Hefner did. And it's a sisterhood - all the girls are sisters. You go there and it's a big old family. Once you're a Playmate you're a Playmate for life.

Alyssa Arce

#12. I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.

Alanis Morissette