#elf

How you define yourself is a major issue for young people and adults alike. ↗

— Jim McKay

#define #how #issue #major #people

The rising sun can dispel the darkness of night, but it cannot banish the blackness of malice, hatred, bigotry, and selfishness from the hearts of humanity. ↗

— David O. McKay

#blackness #cannot #darkness #dispel #hatred

As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift. ↗

— David O. McKay

#free #free agency #freedom #gift #god-given

Find your self-respect now. Don't dumb yourselves down. Think of yourself as capable and worthy of finding a guy who is going to respect you, too. It's so important, I mean, and the confidence you get from feeling smart and tackling something like mathematics, which is a challenge, right? Math is hard. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#challenge #confidence #down #dumb #feeling

I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully! ↗

— Danica McKellar

#admire #become #believe #belong #carefully

One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It's structures and patterns, and that's what we love, and that's what we get off on. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#amazing #amazing things #application #art #art form

There's no reason to stereotype yourself. Doing math is like going to the gym - it's a workout for your brain and it makes you smarter. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#doing #going #gym #like #makes

When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#end #gain #know #later #overcome

My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented in a fun way. The concepts, as I see them, are fun, and that's the way I'd like to convey them myself. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#concern #condition #convey #fear #fun

When I originally entered UCLA, I had planned to go for a film major, but I kept finding myself taking math classes for fun, 'cause I missed them from high school! ↗

— Danica McKellar

#classes #entered #film #finding #fun