John Muir School

"Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. "

"Mental violence has no potency [power] and injures only the person whose thoughts are violent."

"All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother."

“The things I want to know are in books, my best friend is a man who’ll get me a book I ain’t read.”

"I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land."

“You can’t change the past but you can change the future.”

"And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. "

"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. "

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."

“The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.”

"We thank God every day that we have Kyle with us."

"Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart."

" I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, I will not refuse something that I can do."

“The story was always there and it wouldn't go away. My memory was never silent.”

"To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.”

“I always felt that if I had super-power, I wouldn't immediately run out to the store and buy a costume.”